N.Y. Jud. Law § 99-a

§ 99-a. Appointment of employees of appellate divisions in the third\nand fourth departments. The justices of the appellate division of the\nsupreme court in the third and fourth departments, or a majority of\nthem, are authorized to appoint and at pleasure remove not more than two\nadditional employees, than are employed at the time this act takes\neffect, to prescribe the duties and fix the salaries thereof. Except as\nprovided in the state finance law, such salaries shall be certified by\nthe appropriate presiding justice of each such appellate division to the\nstate comptroller who shall audit the same. The state department of\ntaxation and finance shall pay such salaries in equal semi-monthly\ninstalments, and shall apportion the total amount thereof among the\ncounties comprising the appropriate judicial department. Such counties\nshall reimburse the state for such salaries. The time and method of such\napportionment and the time and method of such reimbursement shall be as\nspecified in section seventy-four of this chapter.\n