§ 4. The head of the department of audit and control shall be the
comptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head
of the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of
the State of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove a
commissioner of education to be the chief administrative officer of the
department. The head of the department of agriculture and markets shall
be appointed in a manner to be prescribed by law. Except as otherwise
provided in this constitution, the heads of all other departments and
the members of all boards and commissions, excepting temporary
commissions for special purposes, shall be appointed by the governor by
and with the advice and consent of the senate and may be removed by the
governor, in a manner to be prescribed by law.