N.Y. Jud. Law § 312
Each of the stenographers appointed by the justices of the supreme court pursuant to subdivisions four, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of section one hundred and fifty-nine of this chapter shall receive an annual salary of six thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Each of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid by the state department of taxation and finance in equal monthly payments when certified to such comptroller by a justice of the supreme court of the judicial district for which such stenographer shall have been appointed, provided, however, if any such stenographer shall have been assigned to or works principally for an official referee, such certificate may be made by one of such justices or by the official referee. The salary of the stenographer or stenographers for each judicial district shall be apportioned by such department among the counties of the judicial district for which such stenographer or stenographers have been appointed and such counties shall reimburse the state therefor. The time and method of such apportionment and the time and method of such reimbursement shall be as specified in section seventy-four of this chapter.
N.Y. Jud. Law § 312