New York Laws
Article 5 - Department of Law
73 - Power to Administer Oaths and Take Acknowledgments.

ยง 73. Power to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. The
attorney-general of the state of New York and all deputies and
assistants appointed by him pursuant to section sixty-two of the
executive law, who have duly qualified, shall have the power, while
acting as such, to administer oaths and take affidavits and
acknowledgments and proofs of written instruments to be read in
evidence, anywhere within the state of New York, except such instruments
as now are required by law to be recorded to create constructive notice
thereof.