N.Y. Jud. Law § 312

§ 312. Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court\nfor each judicial district except first and second. Each of the\nstenographers appointed by the justices of the supreme court pursuant to\nsubdivisions four, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of section one\nhundred and fifty-nine of this chapter shall receive an annual salary of\nsix thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Each of\nsuch salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid by the\nstate department of taxation and finance in equal monthly payments when\ncertified to such comptroller by a justice of the supreme court of the\njudicial district for which such stenographer shall have been appointed,\nprovided, however, if any such stenographer shall have been assigned to\nor works principally for an official referee, such certificate may be\nmade by one of such justices or by the official referee. The salary of\nthe stenographer or stenographers for each judicial district shall be\napportioned by such department among the counties of the judicial\ndistrict for which such stenographer or stenographers have been\nappointed and such counties shall reimburse the state therefor. The time\nand method of such apportionment and the time and method of such\nreimbursement shall be as specified in section seventy-four of this\nchapter.\n