N.Y. Real Property Law § 313-a: Deputies

§ 313-a. Deputies. When any officer, designated by the provisions of

this article to take acknowledgments or proofs of conveyances of real

estate to be read in evidence or recorded in this state, or to

authenticate certificates of such acknowledgment or proof, is authorized

by law to appoint a deputy, or when such officer has by law a deputy,

such deputy may take such acknowledgments or proofs, or may authenticate

such certificates.