N.Y. Family Court Act § 120: Expenses of the court

§ 120. Expenses of the court. (a) All salaries of the judicial and

non-judicial personnel of the court and all other expenses of the court

whatsoever, except as provided in subdivision (b), shall within the city

of New York, be a city charge and in the counties outside the city of

New York, a county charge; provided however, that the final

determination of the itemized estimates of the annual financial needs of

the court shall be made by the appropriate governing bodies of such

counties and the city of New York in the manner provided in article

seven-a of the judiciary law, and section twenty-nine of article six of

the constitution.

(b) Salaries of support magistrates appointed in proceedings to compel

support pursuant to section four hundred thirty-nine of this act shall

be a state charge payable out of funds appropriated to the office of

court administration for that purpose.