Section 2403. Advisory council

a.   There shall be in the department an
  advisory council consisting of thirty-one members at  least  sixteen  of
  whom shall be recipients of services rendered to the elderly.
    These  members  shall include representatives from the areas of social
  service, health care, the academic community and local neighborhoods.
    b.  It shall be the duty of the council to advise the commissioner and
  make recommendations.  The council shall submit an annual report of  its
  activities to the mayor.
    c.  The members of the council shall be appointed by the mayor. Ten of
  said  members, two residents from each of the five boroughs of the city,
  shall be recommended for appointment by a  majority  vote  of  the  city
  council members of the respective boroughs.
    d.  The terms of office of the thirty-one members of the council first
  appointed shall be as follows: eleven appointees, five of whom shall  be
  recommended   for  appointment  by  the  city  council  members  of  the
  respective boroughs, one from each  borough,  shall  serve  for  a  term
  ending  the  thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred eighty-one; ten
  appointees shall serve for a term ending the thirty-first day of  March,
  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two; and ten appointees, five of whom shall be
  recommended  for  appointment  by  the  city  council  members  of   the
  respective  boroughs,  one  from  each  borough,  shall serve for a term
  ending the thirty-first day of  March,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three.
  Upon  the  expiration  of  such  terms,  the  terms  of  office of their
  successors shall be three years. Vacancies occurring otherwise  than  by
  expiration  of  term  shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
  manner as regular appointments.
    e.  The mayor shall designate one of the members of the council to  be
  chairman and one to be vice-chairman.
    f.  The members of the council shall serve without compensation.