One state. One exclusive publication contract. A free copy the State’s own posted disclaimer described as “not the official version,” an official set whose price the State first withheld under the trade-secret exemption, and a weekly State Register that keeps the real score. LawEngine read all of it — then published the receipts.
Everything in this series is receipt-backed: FOIL productions, hash-sealed captures, State Register PDFs, and the State’s own words. Source documents are attached to each story; complete evidence sets are available to journalists at press@lawengine.ai.
Investigation · July 24, 2026
New York’s official rulebook sells for $4,808.31. On five sections captured and sealed June 10, 2026, the free copy the State steers the public to carried 2021 stamps while the State’s own Register recorded 2026 adoptions — up to 1,718 days apart.
Investigation · July 24, 2026
New York withheld the price of its own rulebook under FOIL’s trade-secret exemption and blacked it out. We derived it from the public record: $4,808.32. On appeal, New York admitted the redactions “were incorrectly applied” — and disclosed $4,808.31.
Investigation · July 8, 2026 · Updated July 29, 2026
The records request, all 312 produced pages, the exclusive publication contract, the redactions, the appeal, and the reversal — with every produced document and every LawEngine filing attached.
Evergreen · Updated as entries are verified
The running list of named NYCRR sections where New York’s own State Register recorded an action later than the free public copy’s “current through” stamp. Every row carries a receipt.
Method · Live worked examples
Two dates, not one: the compiled “current through” stamp beside a separate, section-scoped State Register check — with live receipts rendering from the product itself.
We did not set out to cover New York. We set out to answer a customer’s question — “is this regulation current?” — and the answer turned out to require a records request, an appeal, and a hash tree. So we did that.
The product behind the reporting: New York regulations with sources, dates, and Register receipts attached. LawEngine is not the official NYCRR — it shows you the compiled text beside the State Register record so you can check currency yourself. Titles 4, 9, 13, and 19 are open without an account.