N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 7 § 251-5.1 : DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION — Procedures For Implementing Standards Of Inmate Behavior And For Granting Good Behavior Time Allowances — Procedures For Implementing Standards Of Inmate Behavior — Cases Of Inmate Misbehavior —5 - Timeliness —5.1 - Timeliness
(a) Where an inmate is confined pending a disciplinary hearing or superintendent's hearing, the hearing must be commenced as soon as is reasonably practicable following the inmate's initial confinement pending said disciplinary hearing or superintendent's hearing, but, in no event may it be commenced beyond seven days of said confinement without authorization of the commissioner or his designee.
(b) The disciplinary hearing or superintendent's hearing must be completed within 14 days following the writing of the misbehavior report unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner or his designee. Where a delay is authorized, the record of the hearing should reflect the reasons for any delay or adjournment, and an inmate should ordinarily be made aware of these reasons unless to do so would jeopardize institutional safety or correctional goals.
(c) Violation hearings must be completed within seven days of the writing of the misbehavior report.