NY Jud L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 3-A - Commission on Judicial Nomination 62 - Organization of the Commission.

§  62.  Organization  of  the  commission. 1. A commission on judicial   nomination is hereby established. The commission shall consist of twelve   members of whom four shall be appointed by the  governor,  four  by  the   chief  judge of the court of appeals, and one each by the speaker of the   assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader  of   the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. Of the four members   appointed  by  the  governor,  no more than two shall be enrolled in the   same political party, two shall be members of the bar of the state,  and   two  shall  not  be members of the bar of the state. Of the four members   appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals, no more  than  two   shall  be  enrolled in the same political party, two shall be members of   the bar of the state, and two shall not be members of  the  bar  of  the   state.  No member of the commission shall hold or have held any judicial   office  or  hold  any  elected  public  office  for  which  he  receives   compensation  during his period of service, except that the governor and   the chief judge may each appoint  no  more  than  one  former  judge  or   justice of the unified court system to such commission. No member of the   commission  shall  hold  any office in any political party. No member of   the judicial nominating commission shall be eligible for appointment  to   judicial  office in any court of the state during the member's period of   service or within one year thereafter. The  members  of  the  commission   shall be residents of the state.2. The members first appointed by the governor shall have respectively   one,  two,  three and four-year terms as he shall designate. The members   first appointed by the chief judge of the court of  appeals  shall  have   respectively  one, two, three and four-year terms as he shall designate.   The member first appointed by the  temporary  president  of  the  senate   shall  have  a one-year term. The member first appointed by the minority   leader of the senate shall  have  a  two-year  term.  The  member  first   appointed  by  the  speaker of the assembly shall have a four-year term.   The member first appointed by the minority leader of the assembly  shall   have  a three-year term. Each subsequent appointment shall be for a term   of four years.3. A vacancy shall be deemed to occur immediately upon the appointment   or election of any member to an office that  would  disqualify  him  for   appointment to, or membership on, the commission. A vacancy occuring for   any  reason  other  than  by  expiration  of term shall be filled by the   appointing officer for the remainder of the unexpired term.4. The members shall  designate  one  of  their  number  to  serve  as   chairman  for a period of two years or until his term of office expires,   whichever period is shorter.5. Each member of the commission shall  be  entitled  to  receive  his   actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.6. Ten members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.