N.Y. Const. art. V, § 4: Department heads

§ 4. The head of the department of audit and control shall be the

comptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head

of the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of

the State of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove a

commissioner of education to be the chief administrative officer of the

department. The head of the department of agriculture and markets shall

be appointed in a manner to be prescribed by law. Except as otherwise

provided in this constitution, the heads of all other departments and

the members of all boards and commissions, excepting temporary

commissions for special purposes, shall be appointed by the governor by

and with the advice and consent of the senate and may be removed by the

governor, in a manner to be prescribed by law.