N.Y. Judiciary Law § 210: Administrative officers of the unified court system

§ 210. Administrative officers of the unified court system. 1. The

chief judge of the court of appeals shall be the chief judge of the

state of New York and shall be the chief judicial officer of the unified

court system.

2. The administrative board of the courts shall consist of the chief

judge, who shall serve as chairman, and the presiding justices of the

appellate divisions of the supreme court. The members of the

administrative board shall serve without compensation but shall be

entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually and necessarily incurred

by them in the performance of their duties.

3. The chief judge shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the

administrative board, a chief administrator of the courts who shall

serve at his pleasure. The chief administrator may be a judge or justice

of the unified court system, in which event he shall be called the chief

administrative judge of the courts, and he shall have all the functions,

powers and duties of the chief administrator. He shall receive an annual

salary to be fixed by the chief judge within the amount made available

therefor by appropriation and he shall be entitled to reimbursement for

expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in the performance of

his duties.