N.Y. Executive Law § 67: Additional counsel

§ 67. Additional counsel. The governor or attorney-general may

designate and employ such additional attorneys or counsel as may be

necessary to assist in the transaction of any of the legal business

mentioned in section sixty-three of this chapter and such attorneys or

counsel shall be paid a reasonable fee upon the certificate of the

governor and attorney-general, the amount thereof to be audited and

allowed by them or to be paid by the attorney-general out of costs,

penalties and judgments collected by him, prior to the payment thereof

into the state treasury as required by section one hundred twenty-one of

the state finance law.