N.Y. Correction Law § 5: Department of corrections and community supervision; commissioner

§ 5. Department of corrections and community supervision;

commissioner. 1. There shall be in the state government a department of

corrections and community supervision. The head of the department shall

be the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, who shall

be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the governor by whom he was

appointed and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.

2. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision shall be

the chief executive officer of the department.

3. The principal office of the department of corrections and community

supervision shall be in the county of Albany.

4. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to convert the

sentence of a person serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment,

except a person serving a sentence with a maximum term of life

imprisonment, to a determinate sentence of imprisonment equal to

two-thirds of the maximum or aggregate maximum term imposed where such

conversion is necessary to make such person eligible for transfer either

to federal custody or to foreign countries under treaties that provide

for the voluntary transfer of such persons on the execution of penal

sentences entered into by the government of the United States with

foreign countries.

5. The commissioner upon request, may in his or her discretion,

authorize the purchase and presentation of a flag of the state of New

York to the person designated to dispose of the remains of a deceased

correction officer or parole officer.

6. The commissioner shall have the discretion to enter into agreements

with the commissioner of mental health for the provision of security

services relating to article ten of the mental hygiene law.