2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 12-B - State Board of Parole
259-D - Hearing Officers.

§ 259-d. Hearing  officers. 1. The state board of parole shall appoint
  and shall have the power to remove, in accordance with the provisions of
  the civil service law, hearing  officers  who  shall  be  authorized  to
  conduct  parole  revocation proceedings. Hearing officers shall function
  independently of the department regarding all of  their  decision-making
  functions,  and  shall  report directly to the board, provided, however,
  that  administrative  matters  of  general  applicability   within   the
  department  shall  be  applicable  to  all  hearing  officers. A hearing
  officer conducting such proceedings shall, when delegated such authority
  by the board in rules adopted by  the  board,  be  required  to  make  a
  written  decision  in accordance with standards and rules adopted by the
  board. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to preclude a  member  of
  the  state  board of parole from exercising all of the functions, powers
  and duties of a hearing officer upon request of the chairman.
2. The board, acting in cooperation with the civil service commission,
  shall establish standards,  preliminary  requisites  and  requisites  to
  govern  the selection, appointment and removal of hearing officers. Such
  standards and requisites  shall  be  designed  to  assure  that  persons
  selected  as  hearing  officers  have  the  ability  to  conduct  parole
  revocation proceedings fairly and impartially. Such standards shall  not
  require  prior  experience as a parole officer. The board shall have the
  authority to establish procedures necessary to implement this section.