N.Y. General Business Law § 399-cc*2: Transcripts and stenographic services

* § 399-cc. Transcripts and stenographic services. Notwithstanding any

other provision of law to the contrary, when an attorney of record

orders or requests either orally or in writing that a stenographic

record be made of any judicial proceeding, deposition, statement or

interview of a party in a proceeding or of a witness related to such

proceeding, it shall be the responsibility of such attorney to pay for

the services and the costs of such record except where:

1. payment is otherwise provided by law or where the attorney is

providing representation through a not-for-profit provider of criminal

or civil legal services; or

2. the attorney expressly disclaims responsibility for payment of the

stenographic service or record in writing at the time the attorney

orders or requests that the record be made.

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