N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 7-205: § 7-205 Comptroller to audit charges against city for costs, etc.

The comptroller, with the approval of the mayor, is authorized to audit and allow, as charges against the city, the reasonable costs, counsel fees and expenses paid or incurred, or which shall hereafter be paid or incurred by any commissioner or any judge of the civil or criminal courts of the city of New York who shall have been a successful party in any proceeding or trial to remove him or her from office, or who shall bring or defend any action or proceeding, in which the question of his or her title to office is in any way presented or involved, or in which it is sought to convict him or her, or to review or prohibit any such removal or to obtain possession of his or her office, or by any commissioner for the proper presentation and justification of his or her official conduct before any body or tribunal lawfully investigating the same, and not officially recommending his or her removal from office.