New York Laws
Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts
280-L - Administration of the County District.

§ 280-l. Administration of the county district. When a county district
shall have been established, the governing body shall appoint, designate
or establish an officer, board or body as the administrative head or
body of the district. All matters relating to the membership of such
administrative head or body, including but not limited to, numbers,
method of selection, tenure, qualifications and compensation, shall be
determined by the governing body. A member of the governing body or any
other county officer or official may be appointed as administrative head
or as a member of the administrative body provided that he shall receive
no additional salary or compensation for such services. The
administrative head or body of one or more county districts shall be
considered to be the administrative head or body of an administrative
unit of county government. The title of such administrative head or
body, if such functions are not conferred on an existing officer or
body, and the name of such administrative unit, if the county district
is made a separate administrative unit of county government, shall be
prescribed by the governing body, and such officer or body shall have
all the powers generally conferred on heads of administrative units by
this chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, and
shall be subject to all of the duties imposed upon such heads by this
chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.