N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 32: City clerk

§ 32. City clerk. The common council shall choose a clerk to hold

office during the term for which its members were elected, unless sooner

removed by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the common

council. He shall be the city clerk and shall attend the meetings of the

common council, keep a journal of its proceedings and discharge such

other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He may appoint,

to hold office during his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates

as may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case

of the absence or disability of the city clerk or a vacancy in the

office, the deputy shall discharge the duties of the office until the

city clerk returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. It

shall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit to the head of each

department and the clerk of each board, copies of all ordinances in any

manner affecting any of the matters of which any such department or

board shall have jurisdiction. He shall have the custody of the city

seal. Said clerk and deputy clerk shall each have the power of a

commissioner of deeds.