2006 New York Code - Confidentiality Of Proceedings And Records.

 
    §   66.   Confidentiality   of   proceedings   and   records.  1.  All
  communications  to  the  commission,  and  its  proceedings,   and   all
  applications,  correspondence,  interviews, transcripts, reports and all
  other papers, files and records of the commission shall be  confidential
  and  privileged  and, except for the purposes of article two hundred ten
  of the penal law, shall not be made available to any  person  except  as
  otherwise provided in this article.
    2.  The  governor  shall  have  access  to  all papers and information
  relating to persons recommended to him by the commission.    The  senate
  shall  have  access to all papers and information relating to the person
  appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy.   All information  that  is
  not publicly disclosed in accordance with subdivisions three and four of
  section sixty-three of this article, or disclosed in connection with the
  senate's  confirmation of the appointment, shall remain confidential and
  privileged, except for the purposes of article two hundred  ten  of  the
  penal law.
    3.  Neither the members of the commission nor its staff shall publicly
  divulge the names of,  or  any  information  concerning,  any  candidate
  except as otherwise provided in this article.