N.Y. Judiciary Law § 66: Confidentiality of proceedings and records

§ 66. Confidentiality of proceedings and records. 1. All

communications to the commission, and its proceedings, and all

applications, correspondence, interviews, transcripts, reports and all

other papers, files and records of the commission shall be confidential

and privileged and, except for the purposes of article two hundred ten

of the penal law, shall not be made available to any person except as

otherwise provided in this article.

2. The governor shall have access to all papers and information

relating to persons recommended to him by the commission. The senate

shall have access to all papers and information relating to the person

appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy. All information that is

not publicly disclosed in accordance with subdivisions three and four of

section sixty-three of this article, or disclosed in connection with the

senate's confirmation of the appointment, shall remain confidential and

privileged, except for the purposes of article two hundred ten of the

penal law.

3. Neither the members of the commission nor its staff shall publicly

divulge the names of, or any information concerning, any candidate

except as otherwise provided in this article.