N.Y. Executive Law Section 164-D
Availability of application forms


1.

The state and every state agency, department, bureau, board, authority, office, commission, or any other instrumentality of the state shall make the various application forms developed and distributed by such agency or instrumentality for public use that are readily convertible to internet form and are intended to be commonly used by the general public available on the internet.

2.

Nothing in this section shall require that an agency or other state entity or instrumentality accept or process application forms submitted through the internet, or post application forms including user-specific data on the internet.

3.

The office of information technology services shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such rules shall at least provide for the prioritization and timing for making application forms available on the internet.

Source: Section 164-D — Availability of application forms, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EXC/164-D (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 25, 2026).

161
Certain searches, the filing of papers, and certified copies, ordered by state officers to be gratuitous
162
Contracts for professional services of state and municipal employees
163
Contracts for services of state agencies
163–A
Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated
164
Reports by and to the department
164–A
Report and publication economy regulations
164–B
State aid to rural areas: agency reports
164–C
Printing cost reduction notices
164–D
Availability of application forms
165
Commission on uniform state laws
166
Record of appearances
167
Advertising and publicizing summer camps cited as subversive
168
Notices to attorneys at law by state bodies or officers
168–A
Designation of days of commemoration
169
Salaries of certain state officers
170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller
170–A
Celebration of Rosa Parks
170–B
Employee loans
170–B*2
Racial references contained in state and municipal forms
170–C
Regulatory penalties for small businesses
170–D
Disclosure of disabled tenants’ rights
170–E
Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants
170–E*2
Collection of demographic information
170–F
Website accessibility
170–G
Collection of demographic information
170–H
Additional collection of demographic information
170–I
Gender-based violence and the workplace
170–J
Mental health references contained in state and municipal forms
170–K
Local cops, local crimes act
171
Discovery and disposition of human remains and funerary objects

Verified:
Jul. 25, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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