N.Y. COR Law § 271

§ 271. Local conditional release commission; organization. 1. Every\ncounty, and the city of New York, may adopt a local law establishing a\nlocal conditional release commission. Such commission shall be appointed\nby the county executive, upon the advice and consent of the county\nlegislature, or in the case of the city of New York, such commission\nshall be appointed by the mayor, upon the advice and consent of the city\ncouncil. Each such commission shall consist of at least five members.\nEach member of the commission shall have graduated from an accredited\nfour year college or university and shall have had at least five years\nof experience in the field of criminology, administration of criminal\njustice, law enforcement, probation, parole, law, social work, social\nscience, psychology, psychiatry or corrections.\n 2. The term of office of each member of such commission shall be for\nfour years; provided, however, that any member chosen to fill a vacancy\noccurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for\nthe remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom the person is to\nsucceed. Vacancies caused by expiration of term or otherwise shall be\nfilled in the same manner as original appointments.\n 3. No member of the commission shall serve as a representative of any\npolitical party on an executive committee or other governing body\nthereof, as an executive officer or employee of any political committee,\norganization or association, nor be a judge or justice, a sheriff or\ndistrict attorney.\n 4. Any member may be removed by the county executive, or the mayor in\nthe case of the city of New York, for cause, after notice and an\nopportunity to be heard.\n 5. The director of the local probation department, or such director's\ndesignee, shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the\ncommission.\n 6. The local probation department shall assign staff support to the\ncommission.\n