2017 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 22-B - The Death Penalty
660 - Persons Authorized to Be Present at Execution.

  660.  Persons  authorized  to  be  present  at  execution. 1.   The
  commissioner, any persons designated  by  the  commissioner  to  act  as
  execution technicians or otherwise to assist in the execution, including
  correction  officers,  and  a  licensed  physician  or physicians may be
  present at the execution. The commissioner shall also select and  invite
  the  presence, by at least three days' prior notice, of a justice of the
  supreme court, the  counsel  for  the  convicted  person,  the  district
  attorney  and  the  sheriff  of the county where the conviction was had,
  together with six adult citizens. The names of the execution  technician
  or  technicians  shall  never  be  disclosed,  notwithstanding any other
  provision of law to the contrary, including article six  of  the  public
  officers  law.  The  names  of  the six adult citizens who witnessed the
  execution shall not be disclosed until after the execution.
2. The commissioner shall, at the request of the person  sentenced  to
  death,  authorize  and  permit  two  clergymen  to  be  present  at  the
  execution.
3. The inmate sentenced to death may name four relatives or bona  fide
  friends  to  witness the execution, and the commissioner shall authorize
  said named relatives or friends of the inmate to witness  the  execution
  unless  the  commissioner  determines  that  the  presence  of any named
  relative or friend at the execution would pose a threat to the safety or
  security of the designated correctional institution.   No  person  under
  eighteen years of age shall be permitted to witness any execution.