N.Y. Executive Law § 90: Department of state; secretary of state

§ 90. Department of state; secretary of state. There shall be in the

state government a department of state. The head of the department shall

be the secretary of state who shall be appointed by the governor by and

with the advice and consent of the senate and hold office until the end

of the term of the governor by whom he was appointed and until his

successor is appointed and has qualified. The secretary of state shall

receive an annual salary within the amount appropriated therefor and his

reasonable expenses when necessarily absent on public business

pertaining to the duties of his office.

In addition to those divisions created and continued within the

Department of State by other statutes, the secretary of state may

establish such other divisions and bureaus in the department of state as

he may deem necessary. He may prescribe the duties and powers of such

divisions and bureaus which shall be exercised and performed under his

supervision.