N.Y. Exec. Law § 502

§ 502. Definitions. Unless otherwise specified in this article:\n 1. "Director" means the director of the division for youth.\n 2. "Division" means the division for youth.\n 3. "Detention" means the temporary care and maintenance of youth held\naway from their homes pursuant to article three or seven of the family\ncourt act, or held pending a hearing for alleged violation of the\nconditions of release from an office of children and family services\nfacility or authorized agency, or held pending a hearing for alleged\nviolation of the condition of parole as a juvenile offender, or held\npending return to a jurisdiction other than the one in which the youth\nis held, or held pursuant to a securing order of a criminal court if the\nyouth named therein as principal is charged as a juvenile offender or\nheld pending a hearing on an extension of placement or held pending\ntransfer to a facility upon commitment or placement by a court. Only\nalleged or convicted juvenile offenders who have not attained their\neighteenth birthday shall be subject to detention in a detention\nfacility.\n 4. For purposes of this article, the term "youth" shall be synonymous\nwith the term "child" and means a person not less than seven years of\nage and not more than twenty years of age.\n 5. "Placement" means the transfer of a youth to the custody of the\ndivision pursuant to the family court act.\n 6. "Commitment" means the transfer of a youth to the custody of the\ndivision pursuant to the penal law.\n 7. "Conditional release" means the transfer of a youth from facility\nstatus to aftercare supervision under the continued custody of the\ndivision.\n 8. "Discharge" means the termination of division custody of a youth.\n 9. "Aftercare" means supervision of a youth on conditional release\nstatus under the continued custody of the division.\n