2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 41 - VITAL STATISTICS
Title 4 - (4140 - 4148) REGISTRATION OF DEATHS: BURIAL PERMITS
4147 - Deaths; confidentiality of records.

 
    §  4147.  Deaths;  confidentiality  of records. The death certificate,
  burial permit or any other record of death or interment, as  defined  by
  article  forty-one  of  this  chapter,  including but not limited to the
  name, address or telephone number  of  the  decedent,  next  of  kin  or
  surviving  relatives  of such decedent, shall not be sold or offered for
  sale for commercial, promotional or profit-making purposes  without  the
  written  consent  of the next of kin or the legal representative of such
  decedent or next of kin. The provisions of this section shall not  apply
  to  newspapers  or  newsletters  providing  general  information  to the
  public. A violation of this section  shall  constitute  a  violation  as
  defined in the penal law.