N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 204: Subpoenaing hearing referees

§ 204. Subpoenaing hearing referees. No officer or employee of the

department of motor vehicles who has conducted a hearing concerning an

owner or operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle shall be required to

appear in any court as a witness in a civil action in which such owner

or operator is a party except pursuant to a subpoena signed by a judge

of a court of record, or a judge of the court in which the action is

pending, issued upon an application to such judge after, at least, one

day's notice to the commissioner or a deputy commissioner of motor

vehicles.