N.Y. SOS Law § 111-R
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Requirement to respond to requests for information
Official statutory text
§ 111-r. Requirement to respond to requests for information. All\nemployers, as defined in section one hundred eleven-m of this article\n(including for-profit, not-for-profit and governmental employers), are\nrequired to provide information promptly on the employment, compensation\nand benefits of any individual employed by such employer as an employee\nor contractor, when the department or a social services district or its\nauthorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement\nagency governed by title IV-D of the social security act, requests such\ninformation for the purpose of establishing paternity, or establishing,\nmodifying or enforcing an order of support. To the extent feasible,\nsuch information shall be requested and provided using automated\nsystems, and shall include, but is not limited to, information regarding\nthe individual's last known address, date of birth, social security\nnumber, plans providing health care or other medical benefits by\ninsurance or otherwise, wages, salaries, earnings or other income of\nsuch individual. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, such officials are not required to obtain an order from any\njudicial or administrative tribunal in order to request or receive such\ninformation. The department shall be authorized to impose a penalty for\nfailure to respond to such requests of five hundred dollars for an\ninitial failure and seven hundred dollars for the second and subsequent\nfailure.\n
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