N.Y. SOS Law § 472-M

§ 472-m. Power of corporation as to children in its care; corporation\nto act as guardian. Said corporation shall have the custody and control\nof all children surrendered, committed, placed or transferred to it\nunder sections four hundred seventy-two-j to four hundred seventy-two-l,\nand shall have authority by its officers or agents to restrain and\ndirect them, to assign them to suitable employments, to determine their\nhours of labor, study and rest, to care for their sustenance and health,\nand to instruct them in useful knowledge; and shall have power to place\nsuch children in suitable homes where they may be adopted into families\nor taken on trial or for a limited time, or to place such children in\ngroup homes or group residences operated by the corporation or by other\nagencies; or, in its discretion, to return them to their former home or\ntheir parents or guardians under the supervision and guidance of the\ncorporation. And said corporation may, with the consent of any other\nagency authorized by law to take the custody and control of children,\ntransfer to such other agency the custody and control of any child\nwhenever such transfer is deemed by said corporation to be necessary and\nproper for the welfare of such child or for the discipline or protection\nof other children in its charge, provided that there be first obtained\nfrom a judge of a court of record an order of approval of such\ntransfer.\n