N.Y. Judiciary Law § 98: Appointment of confidential stenographer and assistant deputy clerk in third and fourth judicial departments

§ 98. Appointment of confidential stenographer and assistant deputy

clerk in third and fourth judicial departments. The justices of the

appellate division of the supreme court, in each of the third and fourth

judicial departments, may appoint and at their pleasure remove a

confidential stenographer to the court, who shall also act as an

assistant deputy and stenographer to the clerk of said court, at an

annual salary to be fixed by said justices at not to exceed five

thousand dollars per annum. The salary of each such confidential

stenographer shall be certified by the presiding justice of the

department to which the stenographer is appointed to the state

comptroller who shall audit the same. The state department of taxation

and finance shall pay such salaries in monthly installments and shall

apportion the amount of the salary of the confidential stenographer to

the appellate division of the supreme court in each of the third and

fourth judicial departments among the counties comprising the third and

fourth judicial departments respectively. Such counties shall reimburse

the state for such salaries. The time and method of such apportionment

and the time and method of such reimbursement shall be as specified in

section seventy-four of this chapter.