N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 375

§ 375. Compensation of registrars and deputy registrars, official\nexaminers of title, and registration clerks. Where county clerks and\nregisters are salaried officials, the local authorities (county\nofficials who provide for county expense, in the city of New York, the\nmayor) shall fix their additional compensation as registrars, also the\ncompensation of deputy registrars, official examiners of title, the\nclerks, et cetera, needed to carry on the work under this article. Where\na county clerk or a register is compensated directly by the fees paid to\nhimself, his deputies and assistants, the fees paid to him as registrar\nshall take the usual course and be used to compensate deputies, official\nexaminers of title, clerks, et cetera, at such rates as the registrar\nmay fix, the remainder to belong to him.\n