N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 77: Administration

§ 77. Administration. The state insurance fund shall be administered

by the commissioners of the state insurance fund, of whom there shall be

ten. The commissioner of labor shall, in addition, be a commissioner of

such fund by virtue of his or her office. The commissioners shall elect

annually from the appointive members a chair and a vice-chair who shall

act as chair in the absence of the chair. The commissioner of labor may

designate a deputy commissioner to act in his or her place and stead as

a commissioner of such fund. The commissioners shall be appointed by the

governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. One

commissioner shall be appointed by the governor upon recommendation by

the New York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial

Organizations, and one commissioner shall be appointed by the governor

upon recommendation of the Business Council of the State of New York.

They shall be policyholders insured in the state insurance fund. The

commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years each. They

shall serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified.

Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner

shall before entering upon his or her duties, take and subscribe the

constitutional oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the

secretary of state.