Section 17-170. Records of births, deaths and marriages on file with the department and the clerk of the county of Kings; transfer to the department of general services; certification

a. The department and the  clerk  of  the  county  of  Kings  are authorized to transfer to and the
  department of general services is authorized  to  receive  all  original
  records of births, deaths and marriages filed prior to the year eighteen
  hundred  sixty-six  with  the  department  or  the  office  of  the city
  inspector or any such records transferred to the clerk of the county  of
  Kings  together  with  the indexes to such records and the department of
  general services shall file and maintain such records as public records.
    b. Original records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths filed with the
  department or the office of the city inspector subsequent  to  the  year
  eighteen  hundred  sixty-five  and  the indexes to such records shall be
  transferred  by  the  department  to  the  department  of  records   and
  information  services  at  such  times  as  the  board  of  health shall
  determine; said records shall be filed and maintained by the  department
  of records and information services as public records.
    c.  Upon  the  transfer  of  such  records  the  commissioner  of  the
  department of records and information services shall have the  authority
  to issue upon request certified copies of or extracts from such records.