N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-g: Senate historian

§ 7-g. Senate historian. The temporary president of the senate may

appoint an official historian, who shall compile an annual record of

significant senate accomplishments during each year and submit to the

temporary president such written record within one hundred twenty days

after the close of each session. The historian shall serve without

compensation, at the pleasure of the temporary president, and be

responsible for preparation of the history of the senate during such

temporary president's tenure.

Appointment as senate historian shall be made from names submitted by

the deputy majority and the minority leaders of the senate. No person

shall simultaneously hold the positions of assembly historian and senate

historian.