2014 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 41 - VITAL STATISTICS
Title 3 - (4130 - 4138-D) REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS
4131 - Births; registration; foundlings.

 4131. Births; registration; foundlings. 1. The report of the finding
  of  a  child  whose  parents  are  unknown, filed by the commissioner of
  social services or by the city social  services  officer  in  accordance
  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  section  three  hundred
  ninety-eight of the social services  law,  shall  constitute  the  birth
  record of such child.
2.  The  district  wherein such child was found shall be considered as
  the place of birth, and the date of birth shall be  that  determined  by
  the  commissioner  of  social  services  or  by the city social services
  officer as the approximate date of birth.
3. If, however, such child be subsequently identified, and  it  should
  appear  that  a certificate of birth for this child has either before or
  following identification been  filed,  as  otherwise  provided  in  this
  article,  the  report  of  the commissioner of social services or of the
  city social services officer shall be placed under  seal  by  the  state
  commissioner  of health, such seal not to be broken except upon order of
  a court of competent jurisdiction.