N.Y. Judiciary Law 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.
Terms Used In N.Y. Judiciary Law 210
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
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.