2018 New York Laws
COR - Correction
Article 3 - State Commission of Correction
40 - Definitions.

§  40.  Definitions.  As used in this article the following terms have
  the following meanings:
1. "Commission" means the state commission of correction.
2. "Local correctional facility" means any jail, penitentiary,  state,
  county or municipal lockup, court detention pen, hospital prison ward or
  specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older youth.
3. "Correctional facility" means any institution operated by the state
  department   of   corrections   and  community  supervision,  any  local
  correctional facility, or any place used, pursuant to  a  contract  with
  the  state  or a municipality, for the detention of persons charged with
  or convicted of a crime, or, for the purpose of  this  article  only,  a
  secure facility operated by the office of children and family services.
4.  "Municipal  official"  means  (a)  the  sheriff  or, where a local
  correctional facility is under the jurisdiction of a county  department,
  the  head  of such department, and clerk of the board of supervisors, in
  the case of a county jail; (b)  the  sheriff  or  other  officer  having
  custody  or  administrative  jurisdiction  and the clerk of the board of
  supervisors, in the case of a county penitentiary; (c) the clerk of  the
  board  of  supervisors in the case of a county lockup; (d) the mayor and
  the city clerk, in the case of a city jail or lockup; (e) the supervisor
  and town clerk, in the case of a town lockup; (f) the mayor and  village
  clerk,  in  the  case of a village lockup; (g) the clerk of the board of
  supervisors of the county wherein located and the officer having custody
  or control, in the case of a court detention pen or  a  hospital  prison
  ward.
5. "Board" means the correction medical review board.
6. "Council" means the citizen's policy and complaint review council.