N.Y. SOS Law § 443

§ 443. Advisory committee. 1. The department shall establish and\nmeet regularly with an advisory committee of not more than twenty\nmembers to consider policy and planning issues relating to the service\nand to assist in the design, development, establishment and on-going\noperation of the service, including assisting in the resolution of\nissues concerning the safeguarding of the confidentiality of\ninformation. The advisory committee may in its discretion submit\nreports to the governor and the legislature.\n 2. The advisory committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, who\nshall appoint one of the committee's members to be its chairman. The\nmembers of the committee shall be appointed from the following\ncategories, one or more from each category:\n (a) designees of the commissioner;\n (b) designees of the administrative judge of the state of New York;\n (c) designees of the director of the division of the budget;\n (d) commissioners of local social services districts or their\ndesignees;\n (e) representatives of voluntary child care agencies;\n (f) persons active in organizations involved in the protection of\ncivil liberties;\n (g) persons active in organizations involved in promoting the\ninterests of children.\n