Section 21-0903. Representation on the commission

In  pursuance  of  article  four  of  the  compact there shall be five
  commissioners.  One  shall  be   the   Commissioner   of   Environmental
  Conservation  or,  if  designated by him, one of his principal deputies.
  The other four commissioners shall be  designated  by  the  Governor  to
  serve  at his pleasure. Each commissioner shall have three-fifths of one
  vote and is hereby given all of the powers conferred on  a  commissioner
  by  the  compact  or  which  shall  be  necessary  or  incidental to the
  performance of his functions  as  such  a  commissioner.  It  is  hereby
  specifically  recognized  that the interests and activities of the Great
  Lakes Commission contemplate many aspects of  the  great  lakes  and  of
  their  relation  to the member states. Accordingingly, it is declared to
  be the legislative intent that each of the New York  commissioners,  and
  such  commissioners  as a group, shall confer and consult with all other
  agencies and officers of the state government  whenever  appropriate  to
  coordinate  or  make  known  the views and policies of such agencies and
  officers with respect to the work of the commission or the interests  of
  the state in the great lakes basin.