2021 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 26 - Miscellaneous
399-Z-1*2 - Stir/shaken Authentication Framework.

* §  399-z-1. STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework. 1. As used in this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
  (a) "STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework" means the secure  telephone
identity  revisited and signature-based handling of asserted information
using tokens standards proposed by the  information  and  communications
technology industry.
  (b)  "Voice service" means any service that is interconnected with the
public   switched   telephone   network   and   that   furnishes   voice
communications  to  an  end user using resources from the North American
Numbering Plan or any successor to the  North  American  Numbering  Plan
adopted  by the public service commission under section 251(e)(1) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1)); and includes:
  i. transmissions from a  telephone  facsimile  machine,  computer,  or
other device to a telephone facsimile machine; and
  ii.  without  limitation,  any service that enables real-time, two-way
voice communications,  including  any  service  that  requires  internet
protocol-compatible  customer  premises  equipment  (commonly  known  as
"CPE") and permits out-bound calling, whether  or  not  the  service  is
one-way or two-way voice over internet protocol.
  2.  Not  later  than  twelve  months  after the effective date of this
section, the public service commission shall require a provider of voice
service  to  implement  the  STIR/SHAKEN  authentication  framework   or
alternative  technology  that provides comparable or superior capability
to  verify  and  authenticate  caller  identification  in  the  internet
protocol networks of voice service providers.
  3.  (a) Any voice service provider that knowingly fails or neglects to
comply with this section, or a rule or  regulation  adopted  thereunder,
shall forfeit to the people of the state of New York a sum not less than
ten  thousand  dollars  and  no  more  than one hundred thousand dollars
constituting a civil penalty for each and every offense and, in the case
of a continuing violation, each day  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  and
distinct offense.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, a
voice service provider shall be considered to be in compliance with this
section  and  any rule or regulation adopted thereunder if that provider
has filed a certification with  the  Federal  Communications  Commission
that the provider's traffic is either signed with STIR/SHAKEN or subject
to a compliant robocall mitigation program. A copy of such certification
shall  be  made  available to the attorney general or the public service
commission, upon request.
  4. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application
may be made by either (a) the attorney general in the name of the people
of the state of New York, or (b) in the case of a voice service provider
subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission, to a court
or justice having jurisdiction, to issue an injunction, and upon  notice
to  the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the
continuance of such violations, and for the enforcement of the penalties
provided in this section.
  5. When the department of public  service  has  reason  to  believe  a
person  or  voice  service  provider  has violated any provision of this
section, the  department  may  request  in  writing  the  production  of
relevant documents and records. If the person upon whom such request was
made  fails  to  produce  the  documents or records within fourteen days
after the date of the  request,  the  department  may  issue  and  serve
subpoenas to compel the production of such documents and records. If any
person shall refuse to comply with a subpoena issued under this section,
the department may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
the subpoena and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to request

a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  one thousand dollars per day, actual
damages sustained by reason of the failure to comply, and such sanctions
as the court may direct.
  6.  The public service commission and the department of public service
may promulgate rules  and  regulations  to  implement  and  enforce  the
provisions of this section.
  * NB There are 2 § 399-z-1's