N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 2413: Court clerks; appointment, compensation and removal

§ 2413. Court clerks; appointment, compensation and removal. The board

of judges shall appoint one court clerk for each judicial district and,

subject to the applicable civil service laws, such additional court

clerks, deputy court clerks, stenographers and other assistants and

employees in the clerk's office as may be necessary. Court clerks and

deputy court clerks shall at the time of their appointment be residents

of the districts for which they are appointed and removal of any of them

from the district for which he was appointed shall vacate the office.

All the officers and employees provided by this section shall receive

compensation to be fixed by the members of the board of supervisors from

the towns comprising the first judicial district, which salaries

together with other expenses of their offices as provided by the annual

budget shall be a charge against the first judicial district. Any court

clerk or deputy court clerk may be removed by the board of judges for

cause, provided that written charges are first filed with the board of

judges, and that such court clerk or deputy court clerk be given due

notice thereof and be afforded an opportunity to be heard; and the

president of the board of judges may, in his discretion, suspend such

court clerk or deputy court clerk from the performance of his official

duties pending a hearing upon the charges. Upon charges being preferred

against a court clerk or deputy court clerk by a judge of the district

court, the board of judges shall forthwith cause notice of suspension of

such court clerk or deputy court clerk to be served upon him, and such

court clerk or deputy court clerk shall thereupon remain suspended until

the hearing and determination of the charges.