2015 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 94 - (Civil Practice Law & Rules) ADMISSION TO PRACTICE
R9404 - Certificate of character and fitness.

Rule  9404.  Certificate  of character and fitness.   Unless otherwise
  ordered by the appellate  division,  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to
  practice  without  a  certificate  from the proper committee that it has
  carefully investigated the character and fitness of  the  applicant  and
  that,  in  such  respects,  he  is  entitled to admission. To enable the
  committee to make such investigation,  the  justices  of  the  appellate
  division  are  authorized  to prescribe and from time to time to amend a
  form of statement or questionnaire to be  submitted  by  the  applicant,
  including  specifically  his  present  and  such  past  places of actual
  residence as may be required therein, listing the street and number,  if
  any, and the period of time he resided at each place.