GRANDPARENTS STILL HAVE RIGHTS IN NEW YORK STATE by: Mace H. Greenfield, Esq. The U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2000 does not have any impact on the grandparent visitation law of New York State. That case, Troxel v. Granville, involved a broad Washington State statute which permitted: ‘[a]ny person may petition the court for visitation rights at any time,’ and …