N.Y. CNT Law § 54
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Personal liability of heads of agencies
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§ 54. Personal liability of heads of agencies. No head of any agency,\ndepartment, bureau, or office of a county shall be liable to respond in\ndamages to the county or to any other person for any act or omission of\nany employee of the county employed within the agency, department,\nbureau, or office of which he is such head. Any lawful claims which but\nfor this section would be claims against such head of an agency,\ndepartment, bureau, or office shall be lawful claims against the county\nand shall be deemed to be the liability of the county. Nothing\ncontained herein, however, shall be deemed to relieve the head of any\nagency, department, bureau, or office of liability to the county or to\nany other person for his own act or omission to act, nor be deemed to\nimpose any new liability upon the county for any act or omission of such\nhead of any agency, department, bureau, or office to which the county\nwas not lawfully subject prior to the taking effect of this act.\n
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