Section 468. Official registration of attorneys to be kept by the chief administrator of the courts

1. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief
  administrator  of  the  courts  to enter in a bound book or volume to be
  kept by him for that purpose, which shall be known and designated as and
  is   hereby   made   the   "official   register   of    attorneys    and
  counsellors-at-law  in  the state of New York," the names and residences
  of attorneys newly admitted to practice in the alphabetical order of the
  first letter of their surnames, the title of the court and the time  and
  place  where  admitted.  The  said  "official  register of attorneys and
  counsellors-at-law in the state of New York," is hereby declared to be a
  public record and presumptive  evidence  that  the  individuals  therein
  named  were  admitted to practice as attorneys and counsellors-at-law in
  the courts of record of this state.
    2. The chief administrator shall provide the public  with  information
  contained  in  such official register. Upon request, the office of court
  administration shall disclose whether  a  person  is  registered  as  an
  attorney  as  required  by  section  four  hundred sixty-eight-a of this
  chapter. Where the official register  indicates  that  an  attorney  has
  resigned from the bar, or has been removed or suspended from practice by
  an  appellate  division of the supreme court and has not been readmitted
  to practice, that fact shall also be disclosed.