N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 247.5
The agency shall hold as confidential all information concerning persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services, given or made available to the agency, its representatives or its employees, in the course of the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program. All applicants and eligible individuals and, as appropriate, those individuals' representatives, service providers, cooperating agencies, and interested persons will be informed through appropriate modes of communication of the confidentiality of personal information and the conditions for accessing and releasing this information and of the agency's need to collect personal information and the policies governing its use.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 247.5