NY State Admin Pro Act § 307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SAP - State Administrative Procedure Act Article 3 - Adjudicatory Proceedings 307 - Decisions, Determinations and Orders.

§  307.  Decisions,  determinations  and  orders. 1. A final decision, determination or order adverse to a party in an adjudicatory  proceeding shall  be  in writing or stated in the record and shall include findings of  fact  and  conclusions  of  law  or  reasons   for   the   decision, determination  or  order.  Findings  of  fact, if set forth in statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and  explicit  statement  of the  underlying  facts  supporting  the findings. If, in accordance with agency rules, a party submitted proposed findings of fact, the decision, determination or  order  shall  include  a  ruling  upon  each  proposed finding.  A  copy  of  the  decision,  determination  or  order shall be delivered or mailed forthwith to each  party  and  to  his  attorney  of record.   2.  Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, members or employees of an agency assigned to render a  decision or  to  make  findings of fact and conclusions of law in an adjudicatory proceeding shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, in  connection with  any  issue  of  fact, with any person or party, nor, in connection with any issue of law, with any party or his representative, except upon notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.  Any such  agency member (a) may communicate with other members of the agency, and (b) may have  the aid and advice of agency staff other than staff which has been or  is  engaged  in  the  investigative  or  prosecuting  functions   in connection with the case under consideration or factually related case.   This  subdivision  does  not apply (a) in determining applications for initial licenses for public utilities or carriers; or (b) to proceedings involving the validity or application of rates, facilities, or practices of public utilities or carriers.   3. (a) Each agency shall maintain an index by name and subject of  all written  final  decisions,  determinations  and  orders  rendered by the agency in adjudicatory proceedings.  For purposes of  this  subdivision, such  index  shall  also  include  by name and subject all written final decisions, determinations and orders rendered by the agency pursuant  to a  statute  providing any party an opportunity to be heard, other than a rule making.   Such index  and  the  text  of  any  such  written  final decision,   determination   or  order  shall  be  available  for  public inspection and copying. Each decision, determination and order shall  be indexed within sixty days after having been rendered.  (b)  An agency may delete from any such index, decision, determination or order  any  information  that,  if  disclosed,  would  constitute  an unwarranted  invasion  of  personal  privacy  under  the  provisions  of subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the public  officers  law  and may  also  delete  at  the request of any person all references to trade secrets that, if  disclosed,  would  cause  substantial  injury  to  the competitive  position  of  such  person.  Information which would reveal confidential material protected by federal or state  statute,  shall  be deleted from any such index, decision, determination or order.