1. About This Reference
New York Residents Directory is privately run and offers descriptions and links for public rolls, indexes, and historical collections about New York residents. It does not hold government files and is not part of a state or local office, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the reference and material found through it only in ways allowed by law. Prohibited uses include:
- Stalking, harassing, threatening, or harming another person
- Trying to locate a person protected by a court order
- Identity theft, fraud, or another unlawful act
- FCRA-regulated eligibility decisions, including credit, employment, housing, or insurance
- Large-scale scraping, copying, or republication of site material
- Disrupting service operation or security
3. Consumer Reports and FCRA
This reference is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Site text and results from linked tools are not consumer reports and cannot be used to decide eligibility for a purpose governed by that law.
4. External Destinations
Government portals, libraries, archives, and outside services set their own rules. The operators of this reference do not control or accept responsibility for their material, uptime, charges, or handling of data.
5. No Guarantee
The service is offered as available and without warranties. No promise is made that a page is accurate, complete, or up to date, or that an outside portal will work or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
As far as applicable law permits, the operators are not liable for direct or indirect loss, incidental or consequential harm, or special damages tied to use of this reference or an outside resource, including actions based on a record found there.
7. Responsibility for Misuse
You agree to protect the site's operators from claims or demands, including reasonable legal fees, that arise from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Site Content
Copyright protects this reference's original writing, layout, design, and logo. Links and short credited quotations are welcome; copying whole pages or reproducing content in bulk is not.
9. Updates
The operators may revise these terms by replacing the version shown here. Continuing to use the service after a revision means you accept it.
10. Restricted Access
Access may be blocked or limited, without advance notice, when a user breaks these conditions or abuses the service.
11. New York Law
New York law governs these terms without applying its conflict-of-law rules. The state's Freedom of Information Law is in Public Officers Law Article 6, §§84-90; it applies to eligible agency records and does not replace court, vital-record, or other access rules.
12. Remaining Terms
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the other provisions remain effective.
13. Questions
For questions about these conditions, use the Contact page.