2006 New York Code - Duty Of State Reporter On Expiration Of Term.

 
    §  437.  Duty  of  state  reporter  on  expiration  of term. The state
  reporter must, on the appointment of his successor, deliver to  him  all
  papers in his hands, pertaining to a cause which he has not reported, or
  which  are  not  necessary  to  be  retained  by  him  to  complete  the
  publication of  a  volume  which  is  then  partly  printed.  After  the
  expiration  of his term of office he shall not deliver a paper specified
  in this section, or a  copy  thereof,  to  any  person  other  than  his
  successor in office, or the publisher of a partly printed volume; except
  that a copy of such a paper may be furnished by him, during a vacancy in
  the  office,  to a judge of the court, or to the attorney for a party to
  the cause to which it relates.