{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-town-law-53-b","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Town Law § 53-b","heading":"Deputy department heads","body":"§ 53-b. Deputy department heads. The town board may appoint such\ndeputy department heads as may be authorized by act of the legislature\nor local law, with power to act generally for and in place of their\nprincipals, and the office of such a deputy shall be in the exempt class\nof the civil service.","path":["Town Law","Article 3-A. Suburban Town Law","Title 4. Town Departments"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/TWN/53-B","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"314199719476cae4815808af88aa4f336037567cce3b04c16f155111573bc666","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-town-law-53-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-town-law-53-c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}