Updating New York Regulations
Updating New York State Regulations:
To ensure that your regulation is as up to date as possible, it is necessary to consult the New York State Register. Published weekly, it provides the text of newly proposed amendments which may affect current state agency rules. Interested parties are then given the opportunity to comment on the proposed amendment. The State Register is available online for free on the state web site from 2003 onward. Lexis and Westlaw also include this resource within their files, as well as some tracking databases, set forth below. Lexis and Westlaw also provide historical coverage of the New York Admininstrative Code, also set forth below.
Lexis:
For the coverage information and update schedules of these files in Lexis, click on the "i" icon (source description) located on the right side of the library name, from within Lexis.
- NYRGST (New York - New York Register)
- NYRGTR (New York - New York State Regulation Tracking)
- RGALRT (Regulation Alert - New York Documents)
Historical coverage of the administrative code is provided back to 2004 on Lexis. Follow this path from the Legal tab:
Legal > States Legal - U.S. > New York > Agency & Administrative Materials > Administrative Code Archive. 
Westlaw:
- NYC-AMEND (New York City Amendments). For the update schedule and scope of coverage included within this database, click here.
- NY-REGTRK (New York Regulation Tracking). For the update schedule and scope of coverage included within this database, click here.
- NY-REGTXT (New York Regulation Tracking - Full Text). For the update schedule and scope of coverage included within this database, click here.
- NY-SNREGS (New York Regulation Tracking and Full Text Combined). For the update schedule and scope of coverage included within this database, click here.
- NY-ADC05 (New York Administrative Code - 2005)
- NY-ADC04 (New York Administrative Code - 2004)
- NY-ADC03 ( New York Administrative Code - 2003)
- NY-ADC02 (New York Administrative Code - 2002)