N.Y. County Law § 526

§ 526. Deputy county clerk. 1. Within ten days after assuming the\nduties of the office, each county clerk shall appoint a deputy county\nclerk by an instrument in writing filed and recorded in his office. The\ndeputy county clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the\ncounty clerk and during the temporary absence or inability of the county\nclerk, have and exercise all of the powers and duties of the office. In\ncase of a vacancy in the office of county clerk, the deputy county clerk\nshall perform the duties of the county clerk until a successor is\nelected or appointed and has qualified.\n 2. The county clerk in like manner may designate one or more employees\nof his office to serve as acting deputy clerk during the absence or\ninability of such deputy county clerk to perform the duties of the\noffice. If there be no deputy county clerk, or acting deputy county\nclerk, the county judge may in the same manner designate an acting\ndeputy county clerk who shall serve until a successor is appointed by\nthe county clerk and has qualified.\n 3. The county clerk may appoint and remove such additional deputies\nauthorized to act generally for and in the place of their principal as\nshall be authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors.\n