N.Y. Transportation Law § 84: Practice before the commissioner; immunity of witness

§ 84. Practice before the commissioner; immunity of witness. 1. All

hearings before the commissioner, or an officer or employee of the

department specially authorized to conduct an investigation or hearing,

shall be governed by rules to be adopted and prescribed by the

commissioner. And in all investigations, inquiries or hearings the

commissioner, or an officer or employee of the department specially

authorized to conduct an investigation or hearing, shall not be bound by

the technical rules of evidence.

2. In any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the

commissioner, or an officer or employee of the department specially

authorized to conduct an investigation or hearing, the commissioner, or

the officer or employee conducting the investigation or hearing, may

confer immunity in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred

nineteen-c of the code of criminal procedure.