The Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York Local Government
Records, issued pursuant to Article 57-A of the Arts and Cultural
Affairs Law, and containing legal minimum retention periods for local
government records, is hereby adopted for use by all officers in legally
disposing of valueless records listed therein.
In accordance with Article 57-A:
A. Only those records will be disposed of that are described in the
Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York Local Government Records
after they have met the minimum retention periods described therein;
B. Only those records will be disposed of that do not have sufficient
administrative, fiscal, legal or historical value to merit retention
beyond established legal minimum periods.