New York Consolidated Laws, Correction Law - COR § 41. State commission of correction;  organization

1. (a) There shall be within the executive department a state commission of correction.  It shall consist of five persons, to be appointed by the governor by and with the consent of the senate.

(b) At a minimum, one member appointed shall be a person formerly incarcerated in a correctional facility located in New York and one member appointed shall have one or more of the following qualifications:  licensure as a healthcare professional authorized to practice in New York state;  licensure as an attorney authorized to practice in this state who has a professional background in indigent criminal defense or prisoner's rights litigation or experience as a legal policy professional who has professional experience related to the rights of incarcerated individuals;  or professional experience in another field deemed relevant to the promotion of an efficient, humane, and lawful correctional system.  Two of the members shall be part-time.

(c) The governor shall designate one of the appointed full-time members as chairperson to serve as such at the pleasure of the governor.  The part-time members appointed to the commission shall receive a per diem of five hundred dollars for work actually performed not to exceed fifty thousand dollars in any one calendar year.  The full-time members shall devote full time to their duties and shall hold no other salaried public position.