N.Y. COR Law § 87

§ 87. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Alternate correctional facility" shall mean a correctional\nfacility designed to house medium security incarcerated individuals as\ndefined by department rules and regulations, which is owned by the city\nof New York, operated by the department pursuant to the rules and\nregulations promulgated by the commissioner and in accordance with the\noperation agreement as defined in subdivision five of this section, and\nused for the confinement of eligible incarcerated individuals, as\ndefined by subdivision four of this section.\n 2. "Panel" shall mean the alternate correctional facility review panel\nestablished pursuant to section eighty-nine-e of this article.\n 3. "Construction agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into\npursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and\nthe city of New York which governs the construction of two alternate\ncorrectional facilities of approximately seven hundred beds each, one at\nOgdensburg and one at Cape Vincent, New York.\n 4. "Eligible incarcerated individuals" shall mean incarcerated\nindividuals of a New York city correctional facility who are at least\nnineteen years of age, who are serving a definite, but not an\nintermittent, sentence of imprisonment, and who do not have criminal\ncharges pending against them.\n 5. "Operation agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant\nto section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city\nof New York which governs the operation of one or both alternate\ncorrectional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but\nnot limited to, general staffing levels and nature of staffing\npositions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical\nservices; procedures and criteria for selecting eligible incarcerated\nindividuals; availability and frequency of transportation of\nincarcerated individuals and visitors of incarcerated individuals to\nsuch facility; availability, content and frequency of programming for\nincarcerated individuals; mechanisms to establish, monitor and review\noperating and capital expenditures; and legal representation of both\nincarcerated individuals and employees of such facilities.\n