N.Y. ACG Law § 50

§ 50. County administrator form. A county which shall adopt the county\nadministrator form of government shall have a county executive to be\ncalled "county administrator." The board of supervisors shall appoint\nthe county administrator to serve during the term of office for which\nthe members of such board then in office were elected. Successors shall\nbe appointed for like terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by\nthe board of supervisors for the remainder of the term of office for\nwhich the members of such board then in office were elected. No member\nof the board of supervisors, other than the chairman shall, during the\nterm for which he was elected, be eligible for appointment as county\nadministrator. The board of supervisors may appoint the chairman of the\nboard of supervisors as county administrator, who shall perform the\nduties of county administrator concurrently with those of chairman but\nwithout additional compensation. The county administrator may, when\nauthorized by local law, serve as the head of one or more departments\nnot administered by an elective official but without additional\ncompensation. The board of supervisors shall appoint a county auditor\nwho shall serve during the term of office for which the members of such\nboard then in office were elected. Successors shall be appointed for\nlike terms. In any county having an elective county auditor, the\nincumbent of the office shall continue in office, unless a vacancy\notherwise occurs, until the expiration of the term of office for which\nhe was elected. Vacancies in the office of county auditor shall be\nfilled by appointment by the board of supervisors for the remainder of\nthe term of office for which the members of such board then in office\nwere elected. The county auditor shall audit all claims, accounts and\ndemands which are made county charges by law and which otherwise would\nbe audited by the board of supervisors. The county treasurer shall pay\nthe amounts audited and certified by such auditor as if the same had\nbeen audited by the board of supervisors. The provisions of section\nthree hundred sixty-nine of the county law shall apply to the audit and\npayment of claims against the county. The county administrator, subject\nto confirmation by the board of supervisors, shall appoint a county\npurchasing agent who shall serve during the term of office of the\nadministrator. Successors shall be appointed for like terms. Vacancies\nin the office of county purchasing agent shall be filled by appointment\nin like manner for the remainder of the term. The county purchasing\nagent shall have and exercise all functions, powers and duties vested in\nor imposed upon the office under article nine of this chapter or other\ngeneral law. The foregoing provisions of this section, together with\nother applicable provisions of this chapter, including those provisions\nwhich may be made applicable, shall constitute the structure of the\ncounty administrator form of government authorized to be adopted by this\nchapter.\n