N.Y. Correction Law § 18: Superintendents of correctional facilities

§ 18. Superintendents of correctional facilities. 1. Each correctional

facility shall have a superintendent who shall be appointed by the

commissioner. Each such superintendent shall be in the

non-competitive-confidential class but shall be appointed from employees

of the department who have at least three years of experience in

correctional work in the department and (i) who have a permanent civil

service appointment of salary grade twenty-seven or higher or who have a

salary equivalent to a salary grade of twenty-seven or higher for

correctional facilities with an incarcerated individual population

capacity of four hundred or more incarcerated individuals, or (ii) who

have a permanent civil service appointment of salary grade twenty-three

or higher or who have a salary equivalent to a salary grade of

twenty-three or higher for correctional facilities with an incarcerated

individual population capacity of fewer than four hundred incarcerated

individuals; provided that for correctional facilities of either

capacity, the employee shall be appointed superintendent at the hiring

rate set forth in section nineteen of this article or such other rate as

may be appropriate, subject to the approval of the director of the

budget; provided that in no event shall the salary upon appointment

exceed the job rate. Such superintendents shall serve at the pleasure of

the commissioner and shall have such other qualifications as may be

prescribed by the commissioner, based on differences in duties, levels

of responsibility, size and character of the correctional facility,

knowledge, skills and abilities required, and other factors affecting

the position.

2. Subject to the rules and statutory powers of the commissioner, or

rules approved by him or her, the superintendent of a correctional

facility shall have the supervision and management thereof.

3. Subject to the direction of the commissioner, and of the deputy and

assistant commissioners in their respective fields of supervision, the

superintendent of a correctional facility shall direct the work and

define the duties of all officers and subordinates of the facility.