N.Y. Legislative Law § 27: Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees

§ 27. Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means

committees. The committee on finance of the senate and the committee on

ways and means of the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with

power to make, through the chairman of the respective committees or

through sub-committees appointed by them, such investigation of the

various activities of the state as will aid them in their consideration

of the budget submitted by the executive and any further appropriations

proposed to the legislature. The temporary president of the senate shall

appoint a secretary for the senate finance committee and the speaker of

the assembly shall appoint a secretary for the assembly ways and means

committee. Each appointment shall be evidenced by certificate duly

executed by the officer making the appointment, and filed in the office

of the secretary of state. Such secretaries shall hold office until

their successors are appointed.