(h) The advisory council shall meet at least four times a year, and on
such additional occasions as they may require or as may be required by
the administrative judge. Members shall receive no compensation. Members
shall visit the housing part from time to time to review the manner in
which the part is functioning, and make recommendations to the
administrative judge and to the advisory council. A report on the work
of the part shall be prepared annually and submitted to the
administrative judge, the administrative board of the judicial
conference, the majority and minority leaders of the senate and
assembly, the governor, the chairpersons of the judiciary committee in
the senate and assembly and the mayor of the city of New York by the
thirty-first day of January of each year.
(i) Housing judges shall have been admitted to the bar of the state
for at least five years, two years of which shall have been in active
practice. Each housing judge shall serve full-time for five years.
Reappointment shall be at the discretion of the administrative judge and
on the basis of the criteria set forth for selection by the advisory
council in subdivision (f) of this section, performance, competency and
results achieved during the preceding term, and the judge's allocution
of stipulations to self-represented litigants and the judge's compliance
with section seven hundred forty-six of the real property actions and
proceedings law.