2023 New York Laws › COR - Correction › Article 3 - State Commission of Correction › 46 - Additional Functions, Powers and Duties of the Commission.

§  46.  Additional  functions, powers and duties of the commission. 1.
  The commission, any member or any employee designated by the  commission
  must be granted access at any and all times to any correctional facility
  or   part  thereof  and  to  all  books,  records,  medical  records  of
  incarcerated  individuals  and  data  pertaining  to  any   correctional
  facility  deemed  necessary for carrying out the commission's functions,
  powers and duties. The commission, any member or any employee designated
  by the chairman  may  require  from  the  officers  or  employees  of  a
  correctional  facility  any information deemed necessary for the purpose
  of carrying out the commission's functions, powers and duties.
2.  In  the  exercise  of  its  functions,  powers  and  duties,   the
  commission,  any  member, and any attorney employed by the commission is
  authorized to issue and enforce a subpoena and a subpoena  duces  tecum,
  administer  oaths and examine persons under oath, in accordance with and
  pursuant to civil practice law and rules. A person examined  under  oath
  pursuant  to  this subdivision shall have the right to be accompanied by
  counsel  who  shall  advise  the  person  of  their  rights  subject  to
  reasonable  limitations to prevent obstruction of, or interference with,
  the orderly  conduct  of  the  examination.  Notwithstanding  any  other
  provision of law, a subpoena may be issued and enforced pursuant to this
  subdivision  for  the medical records of an incarcerated individual of a
  correctional facility, regardless of whether such medical  records  were
  made during the course of the incarcerated individual's incarceration.
3.  In  any case where a person in charge or control of a correctional
  facility or an officer or employee thereof shall fail to comply with the
  provisions of subdivision one, or in any case where a coroner, coroner's
  physician or medical examiner shall fail to comply with  the  provisions
  of  subdivision  six  of section six hundred seventy-seven of the county
  law, the commission may apply to the supreme court for an order directed
  to such person requiring compliance therewith. Upon such application the
  court may issue such order as may be just and a failure to  comply  with
  the  order  of  the court shall be a contempt of court and punishable as
  such.
4. In any case  where  any  rule  or  regulation  promulgated  by  the
  commission  pursuant  to  subdivision  six of section forty-five of this
  article or the laws relating to the construction, management and affairs
  of any correctional facility or the care, treatment  and  discipline  of
  its incarcerated individuals, are being or are about to be violated, the
  commission  shall notify the person in charge or control of the facility
  of such violation, recommend remedial action, and direct such person  to
  comply  with  the  rule, regulation or law, as the case may be. Upon the
  failure of such person to comply with the rule, regulation  or  law  the
  commission  may apply to the supreme court for an order directed to such
  person requiring compliance with such rule, regulation or law. Upon such
  application the court may issue such order as may be just and a  failure
  to  comply  with the order of the court shall be a contempt of court and
  punishable as such.