N.Y. SOS Law § 463-B

§ 463-b. Powers and duties. The department shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n (a) to request and receive appropriate information as required by the\nprovisions of this title from state agencies responsible for the\nplanning, administration, licensing, regulation or operation of\ncommunity residential facilities, including a list of all community\nresidences heretofore or hereafter established by such agency or\npursuant to a license or operating certificate issued by such agency;\n (b) to compile and index such information received from state\nagencies responsible for the planning, administration, licensing,\nregulation or operation of community residential facilities in order to\nestablish a comprehensive registry of such residences within the state\nof New York;\n (c) to provide access to such registry to such state agencies and\nsponsoring agencies responsible for the planning, administration,\nlicensing, regulation or operation of community residential facilities\nso as to coordinate and integrate planning among such state agencies;\n (d) to make available to municipalities a listing of such community\nresidential facilities located within their jurisdiction or within an\nadjoining municipality in order to facilitate proper local planning\nefforts for the development of such community residential facilities;\nand\n (e) to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to protect\ninformation required to be kept confidential pursuant to law and to\nprevent the dissemination of any personally identifiable information of\nresidents or clients of such community residential facilities.\n