N.Y. JUD Law § 164
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Emergency stenographers in criminal cases
Official statutory text
§ 164. Emergency stenographers in criminal cases. Where the prompt\ndisposition of charges against a person accused of the commission of a\ncrime is deemed necessary, or the ends of justice require, the justice\npresiding at a term of the supreme court where issues of fact are\ntriable, in his discretion, may employ one or more stenographers in\naddition to the regularly assigned stenographer, to assist in the taking\nand transcribing of the minutes of such trial. Such stenographer or\nstenographers shall be paid for his services such reasonable\ncompensation as the justice shall by his certificate fix, together with\na reasonable sum for his necessary traveling expenses, if any, and\nstationery. The sum so fixed shall be a charge upon the county in which\nthe term shall be held and shall be paid by the county treasurer upon\nsuch certificate from the court fund or the fund from which jurors are\npaid.\n
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