§ 101. Power of justices of appellate division of second department to
appoint clerical and other personnel of the appellate term. The justices
of the appellate division of the supreme court in the second department,
or a majority of them, are authorized to appoint in their discretion,
and to remove at pleasure, for the appellate term of the supreme court
in the second department, a chief clerk, one deputy clerk, one assistant
deputy clerk, and all necessary other assistants and personnel in said
court, and to prescribe the duties and fix the salaries thereof. Except
as provided in the state finance law, such salaries and all other
necessary expenses of such appellate term, shall be paid by the state
comptroller out of moneys appropriated therefor by law. The state
department of taxation and finance shall pay such salaries in equal
biweekly installments and shall apportion the total amount of such
salaries and expenses among the counties comprising the second judicial
department. Such counties shall reimburse the state for such salaries
and expenses. The time and method of such reimbursement shall be as
specified in section seventy-four of this chapter.