2006 New York Code - Complaint And Abuse Review.

 
    §  857.  Complaint  and  abuse  review.  Any  person may submit to the
  commission of correction any complaint he or  she  may  have  concerning
  programmatic  abuses.   The commission of correction shall evaluate such
  complaints and, where indicated, conduct any  needed  investigation.  If
  the commission concludes that a complaint is valid, the commission shall
  make  recommendations to the department for corrective action. Where the
  commission believes sufficient evidence exists  to  support  a  criminal
  charge, the commission shall report such evidence to the appropriate law
  enforcement agencies.