N.Y. Executive Law § 100-a: Information on state agencies pertaining to persons subjected to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-m...

§ 100-a. Information on state agencies pertaining to persons subjected

to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold

policy-making positions. 1. As used in this section "agency" means:

(a) any state department, board, bureau, division, council, committee,

commission, or office;

(b) any other similar state public organization established pursuant

to state statutes, executive order, or other executive action for the

exercise of any function of state government and to which members are

appointed or elected; and

(c) any public authority or public benefit corporation a majority of

whose members are appointed by the governor or serve as members by

virtue of holding state offices to which they were appointed by the

governor, or any combination thereof.

2. "Agency" does not include:

(a) any informal advisory organization established exclusively by a

state agency to advise a commissioner, secretary, or other director of

that agency on an informal basis;

(b) the state legislature; and

(c) any local government or subdivision or entity thereof.

3. The secretary of state shall maintain a compilation of persons

subjected to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who

hold policy-making positions at all state agencies, including state

agencies established after the effective date of this section. Such

compilation shall identify by agency the persons subjected to section

seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making

positions, the length of time such positions have been held, and a

representation of policy-making positions at such agency held by women

compared to policy-making positions held by men. The secretary of state

shall keep such inventory in a public record available for inspection,

and updated annually on the department of state website.

4. Each agency shall annually on or before January first, submit to

the secretary of state all information required pursuant to this section

in a manner specified by the secretary of state to facilitate the

publication requirements of this section.

5. For the purposes of this section, "persons subjected to section

seventy-three-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making

decisions" shall include, but not be limited to, a commissioner, a

superintendent, an executive director, and other chief executive

officers, positions appointed by the governor, as well as the

appointments of the aforementioned whose function is essential to the

policy-making processes of such agency, and any other position whose

function is essential to the policy-making processes of such agency.