N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8, § 185.5 – Issuance of records retention and disposition schedules.

(a) The following records retention and disposition schedule, issued by the Commissioner of Education in accordance with section 57.25 of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law on August 1, 2020, and adopted by the governing body of each affected local government, may continue to be used by such local governments to legally dispose of records on and after August 1, 2020, until superseded. This schedule is published by The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, NY 12234, and is available at the State Archives, 9A47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230:
1. (1) records retention and disposition schedule LGS-1 (2020; rev. 2022) for New York local government records, as set forth in section 185.15 of this Part and Appendix L of this Title, is adopted for records of cities, towns, villages, fire districts, counties, school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, teacher resource and computer training centers, county vocational education and extension boards, and other local governments.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, a local government may adopt and use a records retention and disposition schedule or individual schedule items in lieu of or in conjunction with a schedule issued by the commissioner provided that the consent of the commissioner is obtained pursuant to this subdivision. The commissioner may grant such consent upon a finding that the local records retention and disposition schedule or schedule item(s) is substantially equivalent to the applicable schedule(s) issued by the commissioner or meets standards of the commissioner as specified in section 185.4 of this Part. Such consent shall remain in effect until the commissioner withdraws permission to use the schedule or the local government indicates it is no longer using the schedule.