N.Y. County Law § 502: Assistant county attorneys

§ 502. Assistant county attorneys. 1. The board of supervisors shall

have power to authorize the county attorney to appoint one or more

assistant county attorneys. Every appointment of an assistant county

attorney shall be in a writing filed and recorded in the office of the

county clerk. The person so appointed shall take the prescribed oath of

office and furnish any required official undertaking. Any such

appointment may be revoked by the county attorney at any time by filing

a written revocation in the office of the county clerk.

2. The assistant county attorney shall perform such duties pertaining

to the office as may be directed by the county attorney.

3. The assistant, during the absence or inability of the county

attorney, shall perform the powers and duties of the office of county

attorney.

4. In the event of a vacancy in the office of county attorney, the

assistant shall perform the powers and duties of the office of county

attorney until a successor is appointed and has qualified.

5. If more than one assistant county attorney shall be appointed, the

county attorney shall designate in writing and file in the office of the

county clerk and clerk of the board of supervisors the order in which

such assistants shall exercise the powers and duties of the office in

the event of a vacancy or the absence or inability of such county

attorney to perform the duties of the office.