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Virtual data rooms for New York firms

New York has 6,584 real estate offices, 9,056 accounting and tax firms, 11,745 law offices and 7,483 securities and investment firms with paid employees. Its breach notice rule runs on thirty days. ShareAndGo is a virtual data room for the documents these firms share during deals, audits and legal matters.

The firms that share confidential documents in New York

County Business Patterns counted 541,313 employer establishments in New York in 2023. Measured per person against the 50 states and DC, New York ranks 11th for accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, at 45.9 per 100,000, 19th for securities and investment firms, at 37.9, and 39th for offices of real estate agents and brokers, at 33.4. For law, 11,745 offices make 59.5 per 100,000 and a rank of 7th.

These are mostly small businesses. 8,394 of the state's law offices and 5,095 of its securities and investment firms have fewer than five employees.

  • Offices of lawyers: 11,745
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services: 9,056
  • Securities and investment firms: 7,483
  • Corporate and regional managing offices: 2,280
  • Offices of real estate agents and brokers: 6,584

Where those firms are

By county, New York County leads with 3,499 law offices, ahead of Nassau County (1,639), Suffolk County (1,031) and Westchester County (848). Those four hold 60 percent of the state's total.

Our New York page goes through its figures in detail.

What sets the New York metro apart

Ground passenger transportation is the sector that most marks out the New York metro, at 3,697 establishments and 2.7 times the national share; performing arts and live entertainment (7,976, 1.7 times) and film, television and music production (3,437, 1.7 times) come next.

How New York compares

The Census Bureau estimated New York's population at 19,867,248 in July 2024, down 1.7 percent from the April 2020 base of 20,203,772.

On law offices per 100,000 residents, New York sits next to Montana at 59.9 and California at 58.2, against 59.5 here. Across the 50 states and DC the combined rate is 49.1.

Small offices make up 71 percent of the state's law offices, against 72 percent across the 50 states and DC.

New York's thirty-day breach clock

New York's breach rule is General Business Law § 899-aa, and it pairs a 30-day ceiling with a list of several state recipients.

The disclosure shall be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, provided that such notification shall be made within thirty days after the breach has been discovered.

Thirty days is the outer edge, not the target; the first half of the sentence still asks for speed.

A narrow exception

Notice to affected persons is not required if the exposure was an inadvertent disclosure by persons authorized to access private information, and the business reasonably determines it will not likely result in misuse. That determination must be documented, and if more than 500 New York residents are affected it goes to the Attorney General within 10 days. Outside authorized insiders, the exception does not apply.

Our New York breach notification page sets out the data elements and the rule in full, and says which text we checked. This is general information, not legal advice.

What a ShareAndGo room gives a New York team

The first job after an incident is often a list of names.

For documents you share through ShareAndGo, the activity log records every view and download, and watermarked view-only pages carry the reader's email address and the date.

Every room has a watermark setting that is on by default. Recipients confirm their email with a six-digit code and need no account, and groups see only their folders. The chained log exports as CSV, so a New York team can sort views and downloads inside ShareAndGo by person and by day.

The courts and regulators behind New York paperwork

Federal cases from Manhattan and the Bronx are heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and those from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in the Eastern District. CPAs practicing in New York are licensed by the New York State Board for Public Accountancy.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in New York come under the Office of the New York Attorney General, Investor Protection Bureau.

New York FAQ

How many law offices are there in New York?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 11,745 offices of lawyers with paid employees in New York, 8,394 of them with fewer than five employees. New York County has the most, 3,499.
How long does a New York business have?
Within thirty days after the breach has been discovered, and in the most expedient time possible.
Which offices receive notice?
The state attorney general, the department of state, the division of state police, and the department of financial services for entities it covers.
Do people I share documents with need an account?
No. Readers confirm their email with a six-digit code, with no account to create.

New York metros

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Data rooms for New York's 12,736 law offices and 9,905 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, with audit trails and view-only access.

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New York data breach notification law

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