N.Y. Executive Law § 30: Executive department

§ 30. Executive department. There shall continue to be in the state

government an executive department. The head of the executive department

shall be the governor. The governor may appoint such subordinates and

employees as may be necessary for the exercise of his powers and the

performance of his duties as head of the executive department, and may

prescribe their duties and fix their compensation within the amounts

appropriated therefor.