New York Laws
Article 7-A - Judicial Administration
210 - Administrative Officers of the Unified Court System.

§ 210. Administrative officers of the unified court system. 1. The
chief judge of the court of appeals shall be the chief judge of the
state of New York and shall be the chief judicial officer of the unified
court system.

2. The administrative board of the courts shall consist of the chief
judge, who shall serve as chairman, and the presiding justices of the
appellate divisions of the supreme court. The members of the
administrative board shall serve without compensation but shall be
entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by them in the performance of their duties.

3. The chief judge shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the
administrative board, a chief administrator of the courts who shall
serve at his pleasure. The chief administrator may be a judge or justice
of the unified court system, in which event he shall be called the chief
administrative judge of the courts, and he shall have all the functions,
powers and duties of the chief administrator. He shall receive an annual
salary to be fixed by the chief judge within the amount made available
therefor by appropriation and he shall be entitled to reimbursement for
expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in the performance of
his duties.