N.Y. Correct. Law § 87

§ 87. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Alternate correctional facility" shall mean a correctional\nfacility designed to house medium security inmates as defined by\ndepartment rules and regulations, which is owned by the city of New\nYork, operated by the department pursuant to the rules and regulations\npromulgated by the commissioner and in accordance with the operation\nagreement as defined in subdivision five of this section, and used for\nthe confinement of eligible inmates, as defined by subdivision four of\nthis section.\n 2. "Panel" shall mean the alternate correctional facility review panel\nestablished pursuant to section eighty-nine-e of this article.\n 3. "Construction agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into\npursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and\nthe city of New York which governs the construction of two alternate\ncorrectional facilities of approximately seven hundred beds each, one at\nOgdensburg and one at Cape Vincent, New York.\n 4. "Eligible inmates" shall mean male inmates of a New York city\ncorrectional facility who are at least nineteen years of age, who are\nserving a definite, but not an intermittent, sentence of imprisonment,\nand who do not have criminal charges pending against them.\n 5. "Operation agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant\nto section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city\nof New York which governs the operation of one or both alternate\ncorrectional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but\nnot limited to, general staffing levels and nature of staffing\npositions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical\nservices; procedures and criteria for selecting eligible inmates;\navailability and frequency of transportation of inmates and visitors of\ninmates to such facility; availability, content and frequency of\nprogramming for inmates; mechanisms to establish, monitor and review\noperating and capital expenditures; and legal representation of both\ninmates and employees of such facilities.\n