N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 51: County manager form

§ 51. County manager form. A county which shall adopt the county

manager form of government shall have a county executive to be called

"county manager." The board of supervisors shall appoint the county

manager to serve during the pleasure of the board of supervisors. At the

time of his appointment he need not be a resident of the county or the

state, but during his term of office he shall reside within the county.

No member of the board of supervisors shall, during the term for which

he was elected, be eligible for appointment as county manager. Subject

to any applicable provisions of the civil service law, the county

manager shall appoint, supervise and at pleasure remove every other

administrative officer and employee of the county except those elected

by vote of the people and their subordinates, except that (1) the county

manager may, when authorized by local law, serve without additional

compensation as the head of one or more departments not administered by

an elective official and (2) the county manager may delegate to any of

his subordinates the power to appoint or remove persons working under

the supervision of such subordinate. The foregoing provisions of this

section, together with the other applicable provisions of this chapter,

including those provisions which may be made applicable, shall

constitute the structure of the county manager form of government

authorized to be adopted by this chapter.