N.Y. Social Services Law § 443 – Advisory committee

1. The department shall establish and meet regularly with an advisory committee of not more than twenty members to consider policy and planning issues relating to the service and to assist in the design, development, establishment and on-going operation of the service, including assisting in the resolution of issues concerning the safeguarding of the confidentiality of information. The advisory committee may in its discretion submit reports to the governor and the legislature.
2. The advisory committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, who shall appoint one of the committee's members to be its chairman. The members of the committee shall be appointed from the following categories, one or more from each category:
1. (a) designees of the commissioner;
2. (b) designees of the administrative judge of the state of New York;
3. (c) designees of the director of the division of the budget;
4. (d) commissioners of local social services districts or their designees;
5. (e) representatives of voluntary child care agencies;
6. (f) persons active in organizations involved in the protection of civil liberties;
7. (g) persons active in organizations involved in promoting the interests of children.