N.Y. Judiciary Law § 116: Official referees

§ 116. Official referees. Official referees in office on the

effective date of this section shall, for the remainder of their terms

for which they were appointed or certified, be official referees of the

court in which they were appointed or certified as such or the successor

court, as the case may be. At the expiration of the term of an official

referee of the court of appeals or the supreme court, his office shall

be abolished and he shall be subject to the provisions of section one

hundred fourteen or one hundred fifteen of this chapter.