2021 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 12-B - State Board of Parole
259-L - Cooperation.

§ 259-l. Cooperation.  1.  It shall be the duty of the commissioner of
  corrections and community supervision to ensure that  all  officers  and
  employees  of the department shall at all times cooperate with the board
  of parole and shall furnish to such members of the board  and  employees
  of  the  board  such information as may be appropriate to enable them to
  perform their independent decision making functions. It is also  his  or
  her  duty  to  ensure  that the functions of the board of parole are not
  hampered in any way, including but not  limited  to:  a  restriction  of
  resources   including   staff   assistance;   limited  access  to  vital
  information;  and   presentation   of   an   incarcerated   individual's
  information  in a manner that may inappropriately influence the board in
  its decision making.  Where  an  incarcerated  individual  has  appeared
  before  the  board prior to having completed any program assigned by the
  department, and such program remains  incomplete  by  no  fault  of  the
  incarcerated   individual,   and   where   the  board  has  denied  such
  incarcerated individual release pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision
  two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of this article, the  department
  shall  prioritize  such  an incarcerated individual's placement into the
  assigned program.
2. The official in charge of each institution wherein  any  person  is
  confined  under  a  definite  sentence of imprisonment, all officers and
  employees thereof and all other public  officials  shall  at  all  times
  cooperate with the board of parole, and shall furnish to such board, its
  officers  and employees such information as may be required by the board
  to perform its functions  hereunder.  The  members  of  the  board,  its
  officers  and  employees  shall at all times be given free access to all
  persons confined in any such institution under such sentence  and  shall
  be furnished with appropriate working space in such institution for such
  purpose without charge therefor.
3. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, the commissioner of
  mental   hygiene  and  all  probation  officers  and  other  appropriate
  officials to send such information as may  be  in  their  possession  or
  under  their  control to the chairman of the board upon request in order
  to facilitate the work of the board.