N.Y. Judiciary Law § 251-a: Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners

§ 251-a. Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be

appointed referees, receivers or commissioners. No person holding the

office of confidential clerk or law secretary to a justice of the

supreme court shall hereafter be appointed by any court or judge in any

action or proceeding instituted in the supreme court, a referee,

receiver or commissioner, except that in uncontested matrimonial

actions, a confidential clerk or law secretary who is an attorney in

good standing admitted to practice in the state may be appointed by an

administrative judge to serve without fee as a referee for the purpose

of hearing and reporting to the court.