2016 New York Laws
STL - State
Article 6 - (State) ARMS AND GREAT SEAL OF STATE
74 - Use of the great seal.

 74. Use of the great seal. All such matters as have issued under the
  great  seal  of  the  state  since  March  sixteenth,  seventeen hundred
  seventy-eight, shall continue to  be  issued  under  such  seal,  except
  copies  of papers and records certified by the secretary of state or his
  deputy and authenticated under his seal  of  office.  The  secretary  of
  state  may,  however,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions as he may deem
  appropriate, furnish an impression, replica or print of the  great  seal
  of  the  state  for  use  as  a collector's item, for use in preparing a
  collector's item or for educational purposes.