N.Y. Jud. Law § 254
When a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination as to the parentage of any person, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit to the state commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written notification of such entry together with such other facts as may assist in identifying the birth record of the person whose parentage was in issue. When the person whose parentage has been determined is under the age of eighteen years, such clerk shall also transmit forthwith to the state commissioner of the office of children and family services for recordation in the putative father registry established pursuant to section three hundred seventy-two-c of the social services law, on a form prescribed by such commissioner in consultation with the office of court administration, a notification of the determination including the name and address of the person whose parentage was determined and the person who was determined to be the father.
Whenever an order of adoption has been made by a court of competent jurisdiction the clerk of such court shall forthwith transmit to the state commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written notification of such order, together with the name given to the adopted person at its birth and such other facts as may assist in identifying the birth record of the person adopted and with a copy of the form required by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and subdivisionnine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic relations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three hundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section three hundred eighty-four of the social services law.
If any determination as to parentage or order of adoption of a person as aforesaid shall be reversed, set aside, or abrogated by a later judgment, decree or order of the same or of a higher court, that fact shall be immediately communicated in writing to the state commissioner of health, and, in addition, in the case of a determination as to parentage, to the state commissioner of the office of children and family services, on a form prescribed by him by the clerk of the court which entered such judgment, decree, or order.
Whenever it appears to any clerk, aforesaid, that the person whose parentage was in issue or the person adopted was born in New York city, the clerk shall transmit the written notification aforesaid to the department of health of such city, together with a copy of the form required by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and subdivisionnine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic relations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three hundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section three hundred eighty-four of the social services law, and also transmit copies of such documents to the state commissioner of health.
N.Y. Jud. Law § 254