N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 358-C
The administrative board of the judicial conference shall prepare, by August first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, rules of court for the efficient and just administration of the judicial proceedings authorized by section three hundred fifty-eight-a of this chapter and such rules may be amended by the administrative board from time to time. The state administrator shall prescribe forms for petitions, notices and orders authorized by section three hundred fifty-eight-a, and may authorize courts determining such proceedings to submit information to the department in a manner and at such times as the administrative board may prescribe. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the state board of social welfare.
N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 358-C