N.Y. Judiciary Law § 290: Stenographers are officers of court

§ 290. Stenographers are officers of court. Each stenographer,

specified in this chapter or the civil practice act, surrogate's court

act, court of claims act or New York city civil court act is an officer

of the court or courts, for or by which he is appointed. From and after

the first day of September, nineteen hundred and sixty-two,

stenographers serving as such in the first judicial district who were

transferred thereto on that date from the court of general sessions of

the county of New York shall be deemed to be stenographers specified in

this chapter and subject to the provisions of this article nine.