N.Y. SOS Law § 197
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Incarcerated individuals' right of appeal
Official statutory text
§ 197. Incarcerated individuals' right of appeal. Any incarcerated\nindividual of a public home, who considers himself or herself to have a\ncause for complaint against any officer or employee of the public home,\nshall have the right of appeal to the superintendent of the public home,\nand to the commissioner of public welfare.\n
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