N.Y. County Law § 676: Employment of stenographer

§ 676. Employment of stenographer. When the services of a stenographer

shall not have been provided by the board of supervisors, or if a

stenographer so provided is not available, the coroner, coroner's

physician or medical examiner shall have power to employ a stenographer

for the purpose of taking statements and reducing to writing the

testimony of witnesses or of transcribing or reproducing any report or

document required by his investigation. If the board of supervisors has

not fixed any rate of compensation, such stenographer shall be paid for

taking and transcribing minutes at the rate charged by official court

stenographers in the county.