New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller) › Section 1.10 - Executive Order No. 10: [Appointing special commissioner to investigate corruption or misconduct in government.]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
					 and the laws of the State of New York, I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of
					 the State of New York, do hereby constitute Herman T. Stichman as a Special
					 Commissioner to investigate the faithful execution of the laws and the
					 relationship between corruption or misconduct and government, and to make
					 recommendations for action to strengthen and improve practices and procedures
					 relating to the faithful execution of the laws, with the following duties,
					 powers and authorities:
I
To investigate generally the relationship between
					 misconduct or corruption in office by public officials and the faithful
					 execution of the laws by units of government in the State.
II
To extend assistance to and receive assistance from public
					 officers engaged in or responsible for the detention of persons charged with or
					 convicted of crime, or engaged in or responsible for the investigation or the
					 prosecution of crime or misconduct in office by public officials.
III
To examine into the relationship between the government of
					 the State and local law enforcement or regulation or administration, with
					 particular reference but not limited to the following problems:
(1) The existing powers of the Governor, of
				  State agencies and of other persons and bodies with respect to local public
				  officers concerned with the detention of persons charged with or convicted of
				  crime or concerned with law enforcement or regulation or
				  administration.
(2) The extent to
				  which the power of the State government may or should properly be modified in
				  connection with the detention of persons charged with or convicted of crime or
				  in connection with local law enforcement or regulation or
				  administration.
(3) The necessity
				  or desirability of amendatory legislation, and to report on all of the
				  foregoing to the Governor.
IV
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 63, Subdivision 8  of
					 the Executive Law, the Attorney General of the State is hereby directed to
					 inquire into the matters hereinabove set forth involving the public peace,
					 public safety and public justice and is requested to do so by appointing the
					 Special Commissioner as a Special Assistant Attorney General and such counsel,
					 deputies, officers and other persons as the Special Commissioner may require to
					 accomplish the purpose of this Order and to fix their compensation.
V
The Special Commissioner hereby established and the
					 Attorney General, in cooperation with the Special Commissioner, are hereby
					 authorized and directed to exercise, for the accomplishment of the purposes of
					 this Order, all powers and authorities set forth in Section 63, Subdivision 8 
					 of the Executive Law, and are hereby authorized by me to exercise any power to
					 administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath, to subpoena any person,
					 books, papers or records which I may have or have the power to delegate by
					 virtue of any of the provisions of the Executive Law.
VI
Every department, division, board, bureau and agency of the
					 State shall provide to the Attorney General and to the Special Commissioner
					 every assistance, facility and cooperation which may be necessary or desirable
					 for the accomplishment of the duties or purposes of the Attorney General and
					 the Special Commissioner under this Order.
The Mayors or other chief executive officers of cities, the
					 district attorneys of the counties, the sheriffs of the counties, and the
					 commissioners or chiefs of police or persons having comparable titles or duties
					 exercising supervision of police forces within the State are called upon to
					 cooperate and make available every facility and assistance to the Attorney
					 General and the Special Commissioner in the performance of their duties under
					 this Order.
Signed: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Dated: September 8, 1962