N.Y. JUD Law § 62

§ 62. Organization of the commission. 1. A commission on judicial\nnomination is hereby established. The commission shall consist of twelve\nmembers of whom four shall be appointed by the governor, four by the\nchief judge of the court of appeals, and one each by the speaker of the\nassembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of\nthe senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. Of the four members\nappointed by the governor, no more than two shall be enrolled in the\nsame political party, two shall be members of the bar of the state, and\ntwo shall not be members of the bar of the state. Of the four members\nappointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals, no more than two\nshall be enrolled in the same political party, two shall be members of\nthe bar of the state, and two shall not be members of the bar of the\nstate. No member of the commission shall hold or have held any judicial\noffice or hold any elected public office for which he receives\ncompensation during his period of service, except that the governor and\nthe chief judge may each appoint no more than one former judge or\njustice of the unified court system to such commission. No member of the\ncommission shall hold any office in any political party. No member of\nthe judicial nominating commission shall be eligible for appointment to\njudicial office in any court of the state during the member's period of\nservice or within one year thereafter. The members of the commission\nshall be residents of the state.\n 2. The members first appointed by the governor shall have respectively\none, two, three and four-year terms as he shall designate. The members\nfirst appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals shall have\nrespectively one, two, three and four-year terms as he shall designate.\nThe member first appointed by the temporary president of the senate\nshall have a one-year term. The member first appointed by the minority\nleader of the senate shall have a two-year term. The member first\nappointed by the speaker of the assembly shall have a four-year term.\nThe member first appointed by the minority leader of the assembly shall\nhave a three-year term. Each subsequent appointment shall be for a term\nof four years.\n 3. A vacancy shall be deemed to occur immediately upon the appointment\nor election of any member to an office that would disqualify him for\nappointment to, or membership on, the commission. A vacancy occuring for\nany reason other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the\nappointing officer for the remainder of the unexpired term.\n 4. The members shall designate one of their number to serve as\nchairman for a period of two years or until his term of office expires,\nwhichever period is shorter.\n 5. Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive his\nactual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n 6. Ten members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.\n