NY Veh & Traf L § 508 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses Article 19 - Licensing of Drivers 508 - Administrative Procedures.

§ 508. Administrative  procedures.  1.  The commissioner shall appoint   agents  to  act  in  his  behalf  with  respect  to  the  acceptance  of   applications and the issuance of licenses and permits prescribed in this   article,  and he may prescribe the internal procedures to be followed by   such agents with respect to such matters.2. Any application required to be filed under this article shall be in   a manner and on a form or forms  prescribed  by  the  commissioner.  The   applicant  shall furnish all information required by statute and, except   as otherwise provided in this  title,  such  other  information  as  the   commissioner shall deem appropriate.3.  License  record.  The  commissioner  shall  keep a record of every   license issued which record shall be open to  public  inspection  during   reasonable   business  hours.  Provided,  however,  that  the  following   information whenever  contained  within  the  record  of  non-commercial   drivers'  licenses  and  learners'  permits  shall not be open to public   inspection:  the   photo   image,   social   security   number,   client   identification  number, name, address, telephone number, place of birth,   country  of  origin,  place  of  employment,   school   or   educational   institution  attended, source of income, status as a recipient of public   benefits, the customer identification number associated  with  a  public   utilities  account, medical information or disability information of any   holders of, or applicants for, such licenses and  permits,  and  whether   such licenses or permits meet federal standards for identification or do   not  meet federal standards for identification. Neither the commissioner   nor  his  agent  shall  be  required  to  allow  the  inspection  of  an   application,  or  to  furnish  a copy thereof, or information therefrom,   until a license has been issued thereon.4. The commissioner may promulgate regulations  with  respect  to  the   administration of the provisions of this article.5.  The  commissioner  is  directed to develop license application and   renewal forms which shall solicit a voluntary one dollar  donation  from   persons  applying for or renewing a driver's license at the time of such   application  or  renewal.  Of  monies   collected   pursuant   to   this   subdivision,  the  first  one  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars shall be   retained  by  the  department  to  offset  its  initial  program  costs.   Subsequently,  five  percent  of  any  monies collected pursuant to this   subdivision  shall  be  retained  by  the  department   for   continuing   administrative costs. The remainder of such monies collected pursuant to   this  subdivision  shall  be deposited in the life pass it on trust fund   established pursuant to section ninety-five-d of the state finance  law,   as  added  by  chapter  four hundred fifteen of the laws of two thousand   three.* 6. The commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  director  of  the   division  of  veterans'  services, is directed to establish a process by   which  the  department  shall  refer  driver's  license  and  non-driver   identification  card applicants requesting and obtaining a notation upon   such license or non-driver identification card  that  he  or  she  is  a   veteran  of the United States armed forces pursuant to subdivision three   of section four hundred ninety of this chapter  or  subdivision  one  of   section  five  hundred  two of this article, upon his or her request, to   the division of veterans' services, consistent with  the  provisions  of   section three hundred fifty-four-a of the executive law.* NB Effective May 10, 2022