Syracuse, N.Y. – Starting Wednesday, people who were born in New York and then adopted will be able to request their original birth certificate that lists the names of their parents. The law, ...

New York State is now officially one of only ten states in the country to allow adult adoptees unrestricted access to their original pre-adoption birth certificate. The new law, which took effect on ...

NEW YORK - A new law took effect this year allowing adopted adults access to their original pre-adoption birth certificates for the first time. Some, like Patricia Wilson, say after filing requests in ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Adoptees can soon obtain a certified birth certificate under a new law passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the law Thursday. The ...

At 83, Johan Nilsen said he's lived a full life. But the man who was adopted as a boy still has one wish — to see his original birth certificate. "I want the truth," he said. "I don't want any lies, I ...

QUEENS, N.Y. — This is the first time Darryl McDaniels has been able to get his unsealed, pre-adoption birth certificate from the city's vital records office. "This is the honest to goodness truth ...