ALBANY — New York has a new permanent commissioner for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision — 11 years after the last permanent appointee left the job.

On Thursday, the state Senate formally voted to approve Daniel F. Martuscello III as the permanent DOCCS commissioner. He had been doing the job as an acting commissioner — empowered to run the agency but without the formal approval of the state Senate — for about a year after former acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci retired. Annucci had run DOCCS as an acting commissioner for 10 years.

The last time the Senate voted to approve a nomination for a DOCCS commissioner was 2007, when Brian S. Fischer was appointed under Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer.

Gov. Kathy Hochul quietly moved to formally nominate Martuscello for the job on March 20, ahead of a holiday weekend and just about two weeks ahead of the end of the legislative session.

A governor normally issues a wide announcement about the nomination of a commissioner, especially to a key department like DOCCS, which oversees the state prisons, parole and community supervision systems, but Monday’s appointment came with no fanfare.

The public announcement came Thursday, when Hochul issued a press release lauding the formal appointment with statements from people like chair of the Senate Corrections Committee Julia Salazar, D-Brooklyn, the State Police Superintendent Steven G. James, and the leaders of a handful of nonpartisan prison advocacy and reform groups.

“I thank Governor Hochul for the nomination of Commissioner Martuscello, who has demonstrated his commitment to the challenging task of ensuring jails and prisons are safe and rehabilitative,” Salazar said. “I look forward to working together to bring meaningful, positive change to New York’s correctional system.”

The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association president, Chris Summers, said the union is looking forward to working with the commissioner “to address the challenges facing our correctional system and ensuring the safety and well-being of our membership.”

Hochul lauded Martuscello’s 30 years spent working in the state prisons, working from correction officer to administrator and eventually being appointed Deputy Commissioner for Administrative Services, managing the back-end business of the agency as second-in-command.

“Daniel Martuscello has the vision and experience it takes to run such a large agency that is critical to public safety,” she said. “It is without question that he will continue to lead the agency forward in a way that serves all New Yorkers fairly and equally.”