2017 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 2 - Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
5 - Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; Commissioner.

   5.   Department   of   corrections   and   community  supervision;
  commissioner.  1. There shall be in the state government a department of
  corrections and community supervision. The head of the department  shall
  be  the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, who shall
  be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the
  senate,  and  hold office at the pleasure of the governor by whom he was
  appointed and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.
2. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision shall  be
  the chief executive officer of the department.
3. The principal office of the department of corrections and community
  supervision shall be in the county of Albany.
4.  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to convert the
  sentence of a person serving an indeterminate sentence of  imprisonment,
  except  a  person  serving  a  sentence  with  a  maximum  term  of life
  imprisonment,  to  a  determinate  sentence  of  imprisonment  equal  to
  two-thirds  of  the maximum or aggregate maximum term imposed where such
  conversion is necessary to make such person eligible for transfer either
  to federal custody or to foreign countries under treaties  that  provide
  for  the  voluntary  transfer  of such persons on the execution of penal
  sentences entered into by the  government  of  the  United  States  with
  foreign countries.
5.  The  commissioner  upon  request,  may  in  his or her discretion,
  authorize the purchase and presentation of a flag of the  state  of  New
  York  to  the  person designated to dispose of the remains of a deceased
  correction officer or parole officer.
6. The commissioner shall have the discretion to enter into agreements
  with the commissioner of mental health for  the  provision  of  security
  services relating to article ten of the mental hygiene law.