N.Y. Judiciary Law § 298: Stenographer must preserve records of his predecessor

§ 298. Stenographer must preserve records of his predecessor. If the

stenographer dies, or his office becomes otherwise vacant, before the

expiration of the time specified in section two hundred and

ninety-eight, the original stenographic notes taken upon trials and

hearings must be delivered to his successor in office, to be held by him

with like effect, as if they had been taken by him.