New York Consolidated Laws, Judiciary Law - JUD § 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.