New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter C - Teacher
Part 82 - Hearings Of Charges Against Employees On Tenure
Subpart 82-1 - PROCEDURES FOR HEARINGS COMMENCED BY THE FILING OF CHARGES ON OR AFTER AUGUST 25, 1994 AND PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2015
Section 82-1.4 - Request for a hearing

Where the employee desires a hearing, he or she may file a written request for a hearing with the clerk or secretary of the employing board within 10 days of receipt of the charges, and where the charges concern pedagogical incompetence or issues involving pedagogical judgment, the employee shall choose either a single hearing officer or a three member panel. In the request for a hearing, the employee may designate an attorney who will represent the employee at the hearing and who shall be authorized to receive correspondence from the commissioner pertaining to the 3020-a proceeding on his or her behalf.