2016 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 97 - (Civil Practice Law & Rules) RECORDS OF CLERKS OF THE COURTS
R9702 - Books to be kept by the clerks of other courts.

Rule  9702. Books to be kept by the clerks of other courts. The clerks
  of the other courts shall keep:
1. a "judgment-book," in which shall be recorded all judgments entered
  in their offices;
2. a book, properly indexed, in which shall be entered  the  title  of
  all  civil judicial proceedings, with proper entries under each denoting
  the papers filed and the orders made and the steps taken  therein,  with
  the dates of the filing of the several papers in the proceeding;
3.  a  book,  properly indexed, in which shall be entered the name and
  address of each conservator, committee  or  guardian  who  is  appointed
  pursuant  to  the provisions of the mental hygiene law, the title of the
  proceeding, the name and address of any surety, the  papers  filed,  and
  any orders made or steps taken therein;
4.  a  book in which shall be recorded at length each undertaking of a
  public officer or any officer appointed by the  court,  filed  in  their
  offices,  except  the  undertakings of receivers appointed under section
  5228, with a statement showing when the  undertaking  was  filed  and  a
  notation  on the margin of the record showing any disposition, or order,
  made of or concerning it;
5. such other  books,  properly  indexed,  as  may  be  necessary,  or
  convenient, to contain the docket of judgments, the entry of orders, and
  all other necessary matters and proceedings; and
6.  such  other  books  as  the  chief administrator of the courts may
  direct to be kept.