N.Y. Judiciary Law § 499-a: Establishment of commission

§ 499-a. Establishment of commission. There is hereby created within

the executive department a state commission of prosecutorial conduct.

The commission shall have the authority to review and investigate the

conduct of prosecutors upon the filing of a complaint with the

commission to examine whether a prosecutor or prosecutors has committed

conduct in the course of his or her official duties or under color of

state law potentially violative of statutes, the legal rights of private

persons, whether statutory, constitutional or otherwise; case law; or

court rules, including, but not limited to the New York Rules of

Professional Conduct, 22 NYCRR 1200, or any subset thereof or successor

thereto, including but not limited to Rule 3.8 (Special Responsibilities

of Prosecutors and Other Government Lawyers).