N.Y. Educ. Law § 2211

§ 2211. Salary of district superintendent may be withheld. The\ncommissioner of education may, whenever he is satisfied that a district\nsuperintendent of schools has persistently neglected to perform an\nofficial duty, withhold payment of the whole or any part of such\nsuperintendent's salary as it shall become due and he may also withhold\nany sum to which such superintendent shall be entitled for expenses and\nthe amount thus withheld shall be forfeited; but said commissioner may\nin his discretion remit such forfeiture in whole or in part\n