2015 New York Laws
LEG - Legislative
Article 4-A - (Legislative) LAW REVISION COMMISSION
72 - Purposes of commission.

 72. Purposes of commission. It shall be the duty of the law revision
  commission:
1.  To  examine  the  common law and statutes of the state and current
  judicial  decisions  for  the  purpose  of   discovering   defects   and
  anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms.
2.  To receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by
  the American law institute,  the  commissioners  for  the  promotion  of
  uniformity  of  legislation in the United States, any bar association or
  other learned bodies.
3. To receive and consider suggestions from judges,  justices,  public
  officials,   lawyers   and  the  public  generally  as  to  defects  and
  anachronisms in the law.
4. To recommend, from time to time, such changes  in  the  law  as  it
  deems  necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules
  of law, and to bring the law of this state,  civil  and  criminal,  into
  harmony with modern conditions.
5.  To report its proceedings annually to the legislature on or before
  February first, and, if it deems advisable, to accompany its report with
  proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.