The following is a list of characters from the CBS television series, CSI: NY. Main characters 1Character first introduced during CSI: Miami episode 2.23 "MIA/NYC NonStop". 2Also in CSI: Miami episode 4.07 "Felony Flight". 3Also in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode 13.13 "In Vino Veritas". Recurring characters Crime lab Technicians Dr. Leonard Giles (played by J. Grant Albrecht in season 1) is a technician in the Toxicology lab. He is a former runner now paralyzed from the waist down. Jane Parsons (played by Sonya Walger in seasons 1–2) is a technician in the DNA lab. Chad Willingham (played by Chad Lindberg in season 1) is a technician in the Ballistics lab. Zack Shannon (played by David Julian Hirsh in season 2) is a tech in the Trace lab. Kendall Novak (played by Bess Wohl in season 4) is a technician in the Trace lab. She has a close relationship with Adam Ross. Haylen Becall (played by Sarah Carter in season 6) is a crime scene cleanup contractor. Despite budget cuts resulting in a hiring freeze, she obtained a New York State Police grant to get her hired as a part-time entry-level lab technician. Adam Ross is afraid she might ultimately replace him. The FBI does a background check on her and when she no longer appears, it is assumed that she was hired by them. Medical examiners Dr. Evan Zao (played by Ron Yuan in season 2) was supposed to replace Dr. Sheldon Hawkes as Medical Examiner after Hawkes took field work as a CSI, but only appears in the first four episodes of season two. He reveals that during his teenage years, he bussed tables at debutante functions (2.03 "Zoo York"). Dr. Marty Pino (played by Jonah Lotan in seasons 2 & 5) appears as a night shift Medical Examiner in season two. He is known for wearing a Giants football jersey under his scrubs. In season five, it is disclosed that Pino became heavily involved in gambling and ran up significant debts and Dr. Sid Hammerback was forced to fire him after Pino was caught forging overtime slips. In episode 5.18 "Point of No Return," Pino's wife, Anabel, is found shot dead. The investigation leads to a drug scheme that Pino was running by creating heroin from the organs of dead drug addicts. In a hostage stand-off, Pino eventually surrenders after being talked down by Hawkes and Sid