N.Y. Parks Rec. & Hist. Preserv. Law § 5.01
There shall continue to be in the office a state council of parks and outdoor recreation, to be hereafter called the state council of parks, recreation and historic preservation. The commissioner shall be a member of the council and shall coordinate the functions and activities of the office with those of the council. In addition, the council shall consist of the commissioner of environmental conservation, the chairmen of the several regional park, recreation and historic preservation commissions, the chairman of the state board on historic preservation and the president of the Palisades interstate park commission if such president is a resident of the state of New York, and otherwise a resident member of such commission who shall be designated by the members of such commission who are residents of this state. No member of the council or his representative shall receive any compensation for his services as such, but each member or his representative shall be entitled to receive his actual and necessary expenses in performing the duties of his office.
N.Y. Parks Rec. and Hist. Preserv. Law § 5.01