Section 201. Office for the aging; director

1. There is hereby created
  within the executive department an office for the aging.
    2. The head of such office shall be a director, who shall be appointed
  by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the  senate,  and
  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure of the governor. The director
  shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the  governor  within  the
  amount  available  therefor by appropriation. The director shall also be
  entitled to receive reimbursement for expenses actually and  necessarily
  incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties.
    3.   The  director  may  appoint  such  officers,  employees,  agents,
  consultants and special committees as he  or  she  may  deem  necessary,
  prescribe   their   duties,  fix  their  compensation  and  provide  for
  reimbursement of their expenses within the amounts available therefor by
  appropriation. The director, with the advice of the  advisory  committee
  for  the  aging,  may  promulgate,  adopt,  amend  or  rescind rules and
  regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
    4. In carrying out its powers and duties under this title, the  office
  is  organized  and  operated  to have as a primary purpose informing and
  instructing the public, especially the elderly themselves,  on  subjects
  beneficial  to  the  community  which  relate  to  the needs, abilities,
  resources,  opportunities,  rights,  entitlements,  and   other   issues
  affecting older people in New York state.
    5. For the purposes of this chapter, "office" shall refer to the state
  office  for  the  aging created pursuant to this section, and "director"
  shall  refer  to  the  director  of  the  state  office  for  the  aging
  established by this section.