New York Laws
Title A - Organization and Functions of State Civil Service Department
5 - Department of Civil Service; State Civil Service Commission.

(b) Term of office. The term of office of each member shall be six
years from the first day of February of the year in which the term of
his predecessor expired. A vacancy in the membership of the commission
shall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.
(c) Expenses. The president and each of the other members shall be
paid the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.