N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 45
The said book and any and all other books and records regularly kept by such collateral loan broker shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the attorney general, the state comptroller, the mayor or local licensing authority, all judges of the criminal courts, the superintendent of police, police inspectors, captains of police and police justices of such cities, or any or either of them, or of any person who shall be duly authorized in writing for that purpose by any or either of them, and who shall exhibit such written authority to such collateral loan broker. The mayor or the licensing authority of any local governing body, the state comptroller, the attorney general and any person duly authorized by them shall have the power to administer oaths and to examine under oath any such collateral loan broker or any officer, or agent, of such collateral loan broker and any other person having custody or control of such books and records. Such books and records shall be retained in the possession of the collateral loan broker, in good condition and in an orderly fashion for at least a period of six years.
N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 45