N.Y. Jud. Law § 499-b

§ 499-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\nterms have the following meanings:\n 1. "Commission" means the state commission on prosecutorial conduct.\n 2. "Prosecutor" means a district attorney or any assistant district\nattorney of any county of the state in an action to exact any criminal\npenalty, fine, sanction or forfeiture.\n 3. "Hearing" means a proceeding under subdivision four of section four\nhundred ninety-nine-f of this article.\n 4. "Member of the bar" means a person admitted to the practice of law\nin this state for at least five years.\n 5. "Presiding justices of the appellate division" shall mean,\ncollectively, the presiding justices of the appellate division of the\nsupreme court of each judicial department. The chief administrative\njudge shall, by rule, establish an appropriate mechanism, not\ninconsistent with law, for persons and entities interacting with the\npresiding justices of the appellate division pursuant to this article to\nfile papers and communicate with such body.\n 6. "Retired judge" shall mean a former judge or justice of the unified\ncourt system who was qualified as an attorney during such service and\nserved as such a judge or justice for at least five years.\n