N.Y. General Municipal Law § 235: Officers, expenses and assistance

§ 235. Officers, expenses and assistance. The commission shall elect

annually, a chairman from its own members. It shall have the power and

authority to employ experts, clerks, and a secretary, and to pay for

their services and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper,

not exceeding, in all, the annual appropriation that may be made by said

city or village for said commission. The body creating the commission

shall by ordinance or resolution provide what compensation if any, each

of such commissioners shall receive for his services as such

commissioner. Each city and incorporated village is hereby authorized

and empowered to make such appropriation as it may see fit for such

expenses and compensation, such appropriations to be made by those

officers or bodies in such city or village having charge of the

appropriation of the public funds.