NY Pub Off L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6 - Freedom of Information Law 86 - Definitions.

§ 86. Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article,  unless  the  context requires otherwise:   1. "Judiciary" means the courts of the state, including any  municipal or district court, whether or not of record.   2. "State legislature" means the legislature of the state of New York, including   any   committee,   subcommittee,   joint  committee,  select committee, or commission thereof.   3. "Agency" means any state or municipal  department,  board,  bureau, division,  commission,  committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental or  proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities thereof, except the judiciary or the state legislature.   4. "Record" means any  information  kept,  held,  filed,  produced  or reproduced  by,  with  or for an agency or the state legislature, in any physical  form  whatsoever  including,  but  not  limited  to,  reports, statements,  examinations,  memoranda,  opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms,  papers,  designs,  drawings,  maps,  photos, letters,  microfilms,  computer  tapes  or  discs, rules, regulations or codes.   5. "Critical infrastructure" means systems, assets, places or  things, whether  physical or virtual, so vital to the state that the disruption, incapacitation or destruction of such systems, assets, places or  things could  jeopardize  the health, safety, welfare or security of the state, its residents or its economy.   6. "Law enforcement disciplinary records" means any record created  in furtherance of a law enforcement disciplinary proceeding, including, but not limited to:  (a) the complaints, allegations, and charges against an employee;  (b) the name of the employee complained of or charged;  (c) the transcript of any disciplinary trial or hearing, including any exhibits introduced at such trial or hearing;  (d) the disposition of any disciplinary proceeding; and  (e) the final written opinion or memorandum supporting the disposition and  discipline imposed including the agency's complete factual findings and its analysis of  the  conduct  and  appropriate  discipline  of  the covered employee.   7. "Law enforcement disciplinary proceeding" means the commencement of any  investigation  and  any  subsequent  hearing or disciplinary action conducted by a law enforcement agency.   8. "Law enforcement agency" means a police agency or department of the state or any political subdivision  thereof,  including  authorities  or agencies  maintaining  police  forces  of  individuals defined as police officers in section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law,  a  sheriff's department,  the  department of corrections and community supervision, a local department of correction, a local  probation  department,  a  fire department,   or  force  of  individuals  employed  as  firefighters  or firefighter/paramedics.   9. "Technical infraction" means a minor rule  violation  by  a  person employed  by  a  law  enforcement agency as defined in this section as a police officer, peace officer, or firefighter or  firefighter/paramedic, solely  related  to the enforcement of administrative departmental rules that (a) do not involve interactions with members of the public, (b) are not of public concern, and (c)  are  not  otherwise  connected  to  such person's investigative, enforcement, training, supervision, or reporting responsibilities.