2016 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 8 - (Judiciary) Clerks
258 - Powers and duties of deputy clerks of court of appeals.

  258.  Powers  and  duties of deputy clerks of court of appeals.  1.
  Before entering upon his duties,  the  deputy  clerk  of  the  court  of
  appeals   must   subscribe,   and   file  in  the  clerk's  office,  the
  constitutional oath of office.
2. While the clerk is absent from his office, or from the  sitting  of
  the  court,  or  the office of clerk is vacant, the deputy clerk has all
  the powers and is subject to all the duties of the clerk.
3. The special deputy clerk possesses, in the absence  of  the  clerk,
  and  the deputy clerk, the same power and authority as the clerk, at any
  sitting of the court which he attends,  with  respect  to  the  business
  transacted thereat.