N.Y. Judiciary Law § 342: Duties of court officers, attendants and messengers of courts in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties

§ 342. Duties of court officers, attendants and messengers of courts

in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Each of the

persons appointed a court officer, attendant or messenger of the supreme

court or county court of Kings, Queens or Richmond counties as

prescribed in sections one hundred and sixty-eight and two hundred one

of this chapter, must attend, from day to day, the terms and sittings,

within his county, of the court to which he is assigned, to preserve

order, and perform whatever services may be required of him, by the

judge presiding thereat. The attendant or messenger of the supreme court

in Nassau and Suffolk counties, respectively, appointed as prescribed by

section one hundred and sixty-eight of this chapter must attend, from

day to day, the terms and sittings of the said court to which he is

assigned by the justice or justices by whom he was appointed; to

preserve order and perform whatever services may be required of him by

the judge presiding thereat; and shall attend at the chambers provided

for the justices of said court in said county and perform such other

duties thereat, in addition to his duties as court attendant, as may be

prescribed by the justice or justices sitting therein.