N.Y. Executive Law § 180: Division of the budget; director; general duties

§ 180. Division of the budget; director; general duties. The head of

the division of the budget shall be the director of the budget who shall

be appointed by the governor and hold office during his pleasure. He

shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governor within the amount

appropriated therefor. It shall be the duty of the director of the

budget to assist the governor in his duties under the constitution and

laws of the state respecting the formulation of the budget and the

correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of

the civil departments, and also to assist the governor in his duties

respecting the investigation, supervision and coordination of the

expenditures and other fiscal operations of such department. The

director, subject to rules prescribed by the governor, may appoint and

fix the compensation of subordinates and employees of the division

within the amounts appropriated therefor.