N.Y. County Law § 500: County attorney; term

§ 500. County attorney; term. 1. The board of supervisors of each

county shall appoint a resident attorney-at-law as county attorney for

the term of office for which the then members of such board were

elected. In any county having no resident attorney-at-law available, the

board of supervisors may employ an attorney-at-law residing in another

county.

2. The head of any county legal department created under the

provisions of this chapter shall have and exercise all the powers and

duties of the county attorney.