2006 New York Code - Probation Service.

 
    §  252.  Probation  service. (a) The family court in each county shall
  have a probation service. This service may include  volunteer  probation
  officers  when necessary, provided they have the qualifications required
  of salaried officers, but no such volunteer probation officer shall be a
  chief probation officer  or  receive  pay  from  public  funds  for  his
  services.
    (b)  The  methods, organization, and responsibilities of the probation
  service  shall  be  defined  by  rule  of  court,  which  shall  not  be
  inconsistent with any provision of law.
    (c)  When  there  is  a sufficient number of probation officers of the
  same religious faith as that of a child to be placed on  probation,  the
  child  shall be placed on probation with a probation officer of the same
  religious faith as that of the child.
    (d) The probation service shall be available to assist the  court  and
  participate  in all proceedings under this act, including supervision of
  the family or individual family members pending final disposition  of  a
  child protection proceeding under article ten.