N.Y. PBO Law § 7

§ 7. Appointment by the governor and senate. An appointment to an\noffice by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate,\nshall be made by communicating to the senate, while in session, a\nwritten nomination of a person for the office, designating the residence\nof the nominee, and if nominated to be an officer of a political\nsubdivision of the state, designating also such subdivision, and if\nnominating two or more persons to the same office for different terms,\ndesignating the term for which each is nominated. If such nomination be\nof a successor to a predecessor in the same office, it may be made and\nacted upon by the senate after the expiration of the term or occurrence\nof a vacancy in the office of such predecessor, or at any time during\nthe legislative session of the calendar year in which the term of office\nof such predecessor shall expire or in which the office shall become\nvacant. If the appointment be made before the expiration of the term of\nsuch predecessor, the term of office of the appointee shall commence\nupon the expiration of the term of such predecessor, or if made to fill\na vacancy, upon the occurrence of such vacancy, or immediately if a\nvacancy already exist. If the senate shall reject such nomination, the\nsecretary of the senate shall forthwith communicate, by writing, signed\nby him and by the president of the senate, to the governor the fact of\nsuch rejection. If the senate shall confirm such nomination the\nappointment shall be deemed complete, and thereupon duplicate\ncertificates of the confirmation shall be made and signed by the\npresident and secretary of the senate, who shall cause one to be\ndelivered to the governor and the other to the secretary of state, who\nshall record the same in his office in a book kept for that purpose.\n