Sean M. Byrne
Acting Commissioner
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Sean M. Byrne, Acting Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services, has extensive experience in criminal justice, and a 20-year relationship with DCJS.
A graduate of Syracuse University (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs) and the Syracuse University College of Law, Acting Commissioner Byrne has served as a senior attorney in the Department of Correctional Services, assistant counsel to the Division of Parole, counsel to the Director of Criminal Justice and deputy commissioner at DCJS. He also spent 2 ½ years as confidential law clerk to Joseph W. Bellacosa, an associate judge on the highest court in the state, the Court of Appeals.
In 1995, Mr. Byrne founded the New York Prosecutors Training Institute (NYPTI), serving as its executive director. At NYPTI, Mr. Byrne established all administrative, fiscal and management systems, hired and supervised staff, created and edited the organization’s quarterly magazine and designed a unique computerized legal brief bank linking prosecutors’ offices across the state and across the nation.
Mr. Byrne returned to DCJS in early 2007 as Executive Deputy Commissioner and became Acting Commissioner in 2010.