66 - Confidentiality of proceedings and records.

§   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.