N.Y. CNT Law § 916

§ 916. Accounts of money to be kept in offices of county clerks. It\nshall be the duty of clerks of the counties comprising the city of New\nYork to keep an exact and detailed account of all moneys actually\nreceived by them or their subordinates for any services rendered in\ntheir official capacity, and of all moneys which such county clerks or\ntheir subordinates shall be entitled to demand and receive for any such\nservices. Said county clerks shall deposit monthly with the commissioner\nof finance any and all such sums of money so received. Such account\nshall show when every such service shall have been performed, its nature\nand the money charged therefor, and shall at all times, during office\nhours, be open to the inspection, without any fee or charge therefor, of\nall persons desiring to examine the same, and such accounts shall be\ndeemed a part of the records of the office in which they shall be kept,\nand shall be preserved therein as other books of record are until they\nhave been audited by the comptroller of the city of New York and his\napproval given to their destruction but in any event for not less than\nten years.\n