2006 New York Code - Subcommittees.

 
    § 61. Subcommittees. Whenever any committee of either house or a joint
  committee of both houses of the legislature shall be required to make an
  inquiry  or  investigation, such committee may appoint a subcommittee of
  not less than  three  of  its  own  members  to  make  such  inquiry  or
  investigation,  and  to  take  testimony  in  relation thereto; and such
  committee or subcommittee and the chairman  thereof  shall  respectively
  have  all  the powers and authority, which are conferred by law upon any
  committee which is authorized to send for persons or papers, or upon the
  chairman thereof. No subcommittee shall have the power to take testimony
  at a private hearing or at a public hearing unless at least two  of  its
  members are present at such hearing.