N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4830.15
Hearings before the commission shall be conducted by the chair, another member of the commission, or a duly designated hearing officer. The person conducting the hearings shall rule upon matters of procedure and the introduction of evidence and shall otherwise conduct the hearing in such manner as to preserve fundamental concepts of fairness and to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Bingo Control Law, the Bingo Licensing Law and this Chapter. At the conclusion of the hearings conducted by a hearing officer, the hearing officer shall make findings as to whether the evidence sustained the charges or any of them, preferred against the licensee, shall designate which charges the hearing officer has found sustained by the evidence and shall, at such hearing officer"TMs option, recommend to the commission the action to be taken against the licensee. The stenographic record of the hearing shall be referred, together with the hearing officer's findings and recommendation, if any, for consideration by the commission at a meeting duly held by it.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4830.15