N.Y. JUD Law § 850

§ 850. Designation of judicial hearing officers. 1. Subject to the\nprovisions of subdivision three of this section and to rules of the\nchief administrator of the courts, any person who has served as a judge\nor justice of a court of record of the unified court system or of a city\ncourt which is not a court of record, but who no longer holds judicial\noffice, may, upon his application, be designated by the chief\nadministrator as a judicial hearing officer upon a determination by the\nchief administrator (a) that the former judge has the mental and\nphysical capacity to perform the duties of such office and (b) that the\nservices of that former judge are necessary to expedite the business of\nthe courts.\n 2. The term of service of a judicial hearing officer shall be fixed by\nthe chief administrator.\n 3. No person who has been removed from a judicial position pursuant to\nsection twenty-two of article six of the constitution may be designated\nas a judicial hearing officer.\n 4. Each person, upon designation as a judicial hearing officer as\nprovided herein, shall file with the chief administrator a sworn\nstatement that such person will faithfully and fairly do such acts and\nmake such determinations and reports as may be required by the\ndesignation as a judicial hearing officer.\n