2006 New York Code - Exemption From Publication Requirements.

 
    §  64-a.  Exemption  from publication requirements. If the court shall
  find that the  publication  of  an  applicant's  change  of  name  would
  jeopardize  such applicant's personal safety, the provisions of sections
  sixty-three and sixty-four of this article requiring  publication  shall
  be  waived  and shall be inapplicable. The court shall order the records
  of such change of name proceeding to be sealed, to  be  opened  only  by
  order  of  the  court  for  good  cause  shown  or at the request of the
  applicant.