New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter I - Standards and Administrative Policies › Subchapter B - Administrative Delegations Of The Chief Judge › Part 80 - Administrative Delegation Number 1 › Section 80.1 - Chief Administrator of the Courts; general powers and duties

Current
					 through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The Chief Administrator
					 shall supervise on behalf of the Chief Judge the administration and operation
					 of the unified court system, except as otherwise provided in section
					 80.3 of this Part with respect to
					 the Appellate Divisions and Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court, and section
					 80.4 with respect to the Court of
					 Appeals.
(b) In the
					 exercise of this delegated responsibility and in accordance with the standards
					 and administrative policies established, approved and promulgated pursuant to
					 article VI, section 28(c) of the Constitution, the Chief Administrator shall:
(1) prepare the itemized
					 estimates of the annual financial needs of the unified court system. These
					 itemized estimates, approved by the Court of Appeals and certified by the Chief
					 Judge, shall be transmitted by the Chief Administrator to the Governor and to
					 the chairmen of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees and the Assembly
					 Ways and Means and Judiciary Committees not later than the first day of
					 December;
(2)
					 establish the regular hours, terms and parts of court, and assign judges and
					 justices to them, in consultation and agreement with the Presiding Justices of
					 the appropriate Appellate Divisions on behalf of their respective courts;
					 provided that if the Chief Administrator and the Presiding Justices are unable
					 to agree, the matter shall be determined by the Chief Judge. Consultation and
					 agreement shall not be required for temporary assignments, nor for the
					 establishment of temporary hours, terms and parts of court;
(3) appoint and remove, upon
					 nomination or recommendation of the appropriate administrative judge,
					 supervising judge or judge of the court in which the position is to be filled
					 or the employee works, or other administrator, all nonjudicial officers and
					 employees, except the county clerks, commissioners of jurors, nonjudicial
					 officers and employees of the town and village courts, and personal assistants
					 who serve as law clerks (law secretaries) and secretaries to judges and
					 justices;
(4)
					 designate deputies and administrative judges in accordance with section
					 80.2 of this Part. The Chief
					 Administrator may delegate to any deputy, administrative judge, assistant or
					 court any administrative power or function delegated to the Chief
					 Administrator;
(5)
					 enforce and supervise the execution of the standards and administrative
					 policies established, approved and promulgated pursuant to article VI, section
					 28(c) of the Constitution;
(6) adopt administrative rules for the
					 efficient and orderly transaction of business in the trial courts, including
					 but not limited to calendar practice, in consultation with the Administrative
					 Board of the Courts or the appropriate Appellate Divisions;
(7) make rules, in consultation
					 with the Administrative Board of the Courts, to implement article 16 of the
					 Judiciary Law;
(8)
					 establish an administrative office of the courts; appoint and remove deputies,
					 assistants, counsel and employees as may be necessary; fix their salaries
					 within the amounts made available by appropriation; and as may be necessary,
					 establish regional budget and personnel offices for the preparation of budgets
					 of the courts and the conduct of personnel transactions affecting nonjudicial
					 officers and employees of the unified court system located within their
					 regions;
(9)
					 establish programs of education and training for judges and nonjudicial
					 personnel;
(10)
					 appoint advisory committees as he shall require, to advise him in relation to
					 the administration and operation of the unified court system;
(11) supervise the
					 administration and operation of law libraries of the unified court
					 system;
(12)
					 designate law journals for the publication of court calendars, judicial orders,
					 decisions and opinions, and notices of judicial proceedings;
(13) supervise the maintenance
					 and destruction of court records;
(14) accept as agent of the unified
					 court system any grant or gift for the purposes of carrying out any of his
					 powers or duties or the functions of the unified court system, and contract on
					 behalf of the unified court system for goods and services;
(15) exercise all powers and
					 perform all duties on behalf of the unified court system as a public employer,
					 pursuant to article 14 of the Civil Service Law (Taylor Law), as the chief
					 executive officer pursuant to that article;
(16) adopt classifications and allocate
					 positions for nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system,
					 and revise them when appropriate; and
(17) have any additional powers and
					 perform any additional duties assigned by the Chief Judge.