Where the commissioners themselves do not conduct a hearing, it shall be conducted by a hearing officer to be known as an administrative judge appointed by and directly responsible to the commissioners who shall be an attorney-at-law in either the State of New York or New Jersey. Hearings shall be assigned to a particular administrative judge by the commission or by a designee of the commission.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 6.5