N.Y. Jud. Law § 303

§ 303. Provisions relating to stenographers applicable to assistant\nstenographers. The provisions of the preceding sections of this article\nand section thirteen of this chapter are also applicable to each\nassistant-stenographer, now in office, or appointed or employed,\npursuant to any provision of this chapter or the civil practice act,\nsurrogate's court act or court of claims act; except that the\nstenographic notes, taken by an assistant-stenographer, must, if he dies\nor his office becomes otherwise vacant, be delivered to the\nstenographer, to be held by him with like effect, as if they had been\ntaken by him.\n