N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 15: Officers; employees; offices

* § 15. Officers; employees; offices. Investigators employed by the

authority shall be deemed to be peace officers for the purpose of

enforcing the provisions of this chapter or judgements or orders

obtained for violation thereof, with all the powers set forth in section

2.20 of the criminal procedure law. The counsel, secretary, chief

executive officer, assistant chief executive officers, confidential

secretaries to commissioners and deputies shall be in the exempt class

of the civil service. The other assistants, investigators and employees

of the authority shall all be in the competitive class of the civil

service. The authority shall continue to have its principal office in

the city of Albany, and may maintain a branch office in the cities of

New York and Buffalo and such other places as the chairman may deem

necessary.

* NB Effective until July 18, 2027

* § 15. Officers; employees; offices. The authority shall have power

to appoint any necessary deputies, counsels, assistants, investigators,

and other employees within the limits provided by appropriation.

Investigators so employed by the Authority shall be deemed to be peace

officers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the alcoholic

beverage control law or judgements or orders obtained for violation

thereof, with all the powers set forth in section 2.20 of the criminal

procedure law. The counsel, secretary, chief executive officer,

assistant chief executive officers, confidential secretaries to

commissioners and deputies shall be in the exempt class of the civil

service. The other assistants, investigators and employees of the

authority shall all be in the competitive class of the civil service.

The authority shall continue to have its principal office in the city of

Albany, and may maintain a branch office in the cities of New York and

Buffalo and such other places as it may deem necessary.

The authority shall establish appropriate procedures to insure that

hearing officers are shielded from ex parte communications with alleged

violators and their attorneys and from other employees of the authority

and shall take such other steps as it shall deem necessary and proper to

shield its judicial processes from unwarranted and inappropriate

communications and attempts to influence.

* NB Effective July 18, 2027