N.Y. Judiciary Law § 166: Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to appoint attendants for supreme court

§ 166. Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to

appoint attendants for supreme court. Each of the justices of the

supreme court in the first judicial district shall appoint and at

pleasure remove four attendants upon the court. Each of said attendants

may also be removed by the appellate division, but not until he has been

informed of the cause of the proposed removal and has been allowed an

opportunity to make an explanation.