§ 66. Confidentiality of proceedings and records. 1. All
communications to the commission, and its proceedings, and all
applications, correspondence, interviews, transcripts, reports and all
other papers, files and records of the commission shall be confidential
and privileged and, except for the purposes of article two hundred ten
of the penal law, shall not be made available to any person except as
otherwise provided in this article.

2. The governor shall have access to all papers and information
relating to persons recommended to him by the commission. The senate
shall have access to all papers and information relating to the person
appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy. All information that is
not publicly disclosed in accordance with subdivisions three and four of
section sixty-three of this article, or disclosed in connection with the
senate's confirmation of the appointment, shall remain confidential and
privileged, except for the purposes of article two hundred ten of the
penal law.

3. Neither the members of the commission nor its staff shall publicly
divulge the names of, or any information concerning, any candidate
except as otherwise provided in this article.