N.Y. Election Law § 3-300: Board employees; appointment

§ 3-300. Board employees; appointment. Every board of elections shall

appoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians,

custodians and other employees, fix their number, prescribe their

duties, fix their titles and rank and establish their salaries within

the amounts appropriated therefor by the local legislative body and

shall secure in the appointment of employees of the board of elections

equal representation of the major political parties. Every commissioner

in each board of elections except for commissioners of the board of

elections of the city of New York, may approve and at pleasure remove a

deputy, establish his title and prescribe his duties. In the city of New

York, the board of elections shall appoint an executive director and a

deputy executive director whose duties it shall be to supervise the

operations of the board of elections under the supervision of such

board.