Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Pursuant to article VI,
section 28(b), of the
State Constitution, and further to the delegation of authority to the Chief
Administrator of the Courts effective April 1, 1978, the Chief Administrator of
the Courts may designate deputy chief administrators for the courts within and
outside the City of New York and a deputy chief administrator for management
support. Said deputy chief administrators shall serve at the pleasure of the
Chief Judge and the Chief Administrator and shall exercise and perform the
following powers and duties, in accordance with and subject to the standards
and administrative policies promulgated by the Chief Judge and the policies,
rules, orders and directives of the Chief Judge and the Chief
Administrator.
(b)
The deputy chief administrators for the courts within and outside the City of
New York shall:
(1) assist the
Chief Judge and the Chief Administrator of the Courts in the supervision of the
administration and operation of the unified court system;
(2) enforce and supervise the
execution of standards and administrative policies promulgated pursuant to
section 28(c) of article VI of the Constitution;
(3) implement within their
jurisdictions rules, directives and orders of the Chief Judge and the Chief
Administrator of the Courts;
(4) except as provided in paragraphs
(c)(4) and (5) of this section, supervise the day-to-day operations of the
courts, county clerks' offices and commissioners of jurors, if any, within
their jurisdictions and oversee the administrative actions of the
Administrative Judges of the courts within their jurisdictions;
(5) temporarily assign judges
and justices within and between judicial districts, except certificated judges
and justices;
(6)
issue directives and orders necessary to implement these powers and
duties;
(7) exercise
such additional powers and duties as may be expressly delegated by the Chief
Administrator of the Courts; and
(8) do all other things appropriate to
exercise their aforesaid functions, powers and duties.
(c) The deputy chief
administrator for management support shall:
(1) assist the Chief Judge and the Chief
Administrator of the Courts in the supervision of the administration and
operation of the unified court system;
(2) enforce and supervise the execution
of standards and administrative policies promulgated pursuant to section 28(c)
of article VI of the Constitution;
(3) with respect to the areas of
responsibility set forth in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subdivision,
implement rules, directives and orders of the Chief Judge and the Chief
Administrator of the Courts;
(4) supervise the operation of the
management support functions of the unified court system, including: budget and
finance; personnel; public information; program, systems and facilities
management and planning; court information services and statistics; education
and training; employee relations; and equal employment opportunity;
(5) appoint all nonjudicial
officers and employees of the unified court system except: county clerks;
commissioners of jurors; nonjudicial officers and employees of the town and
village courts; personal assistants who serve as law clerks or secretaries to
judges and justices; nonjudicial officers and employees in the Court of Appeals
and Appellate Divisions and the agencies that they supervise; deputy chief
administrators of the unified court system; and counsel to the unified court
system. The power to appoint shall include the discretionary extension in
service beyond retirement age of a nonjudicial officer or employee;
(6) issue directives and orders
necessary to implement these powers and duties;
(7) exercise such additional
powers and duties as may be expressly delegated by the Chief Administrator of
the Courts; and
(8)
do all other things appropriate to exercise the aforesaid functions, powers and
duties.
(d) This delegation shall take effect as
of January 22, 1981.
