N.Y. Judiciary Law § 319: Taking of hearings by official stenographer

§ 319. Taking of hearings by official stenographer. Upon any hearing

provided for in article one hundred seventy or article one hundred

eighty of the criminal procedure law, by or before any local criminal

court by which an official stenographer shall have been appointed, under

provision of law therefor, stenographic minutes of the hearing shall be

taken by such stenographer. Where the defendant is charged with a felony

and is either held for the action of a grand jury or not so held, upon

the request of the district attorney a copy of such stenographic

minutes, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, shall be

furnished by such official stenographer to the district attorney of the

county. Such stenographer shall be compensated at the rate prescribed

by the civil practice law and rules, and such compensation shall be a

county charge.