N.Y. Judiciary Law § 503: County jury board

§ 503. County jury board. (a) There shall be established for each

county a jury board composed as follows:

1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million or

more, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau,

the county jury board shall consist of one justice of the supreme court

residing in the county, or if there is no justice residing therein, a

justice residing in the judicial district embracing the county to be

designated by the appropriate appellate division, who shall act as

chairman; the judge of the county court, or if there be more than one,

then the senior county judge; and a member of the county legislature to

be designated by the county legislature, provided that no such member of

the county legislature shall be designated if he engages in the practice

of law.

2. In the county of Albany, the county jury board shall consist of the

county judge, the surrogate and a member of the county legislature, all

to be designated in the manner provided in subdivision one of this

section. In the county of Westchester, the county jury board shall

consist of the administrative judge of the ninth judicial district if he

be a resident of Westchester County, and if not, the senior resident

justice of the supreme court; the senior county judge; and the county

executive. In the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the county jury board

shall consist of the justices of the supreme court residing in the

county, the surrogate and the judges of the county court.

3. In counties within cities having a population of one million or

more, the county jury board shall consist of the presiding justice of

the appellate division of the judicial department embracing the county,

or his designee from among the justices of the supreme court; two

justices of the supreme court residing in the county to be designated by

the appellate division of such department; and the county clerk of the

county.

(b) The county jury board shall meet at least annually and at such

additional times as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this

article. The commissioner of jurors shall act as secretary to the

county jury board.