N.Y. JUD Law § 24

§ 24. Compensation of judges after removal. Any judge or justice of\nany court who shall be removed pursuant to section nine of article six\nof the constitution, for any cause not involving moral delinquency,\nshall continue to receive, until the expiration of the term for which he\nwas elected, or until the time fixed by this section, a sum equal to\none-half of the salary of his office as fixed by law at the time of such\nremoval, to be paid to him at the same times and in the same manner as\nsaid salary was payable when he was so removed. If said sum would exceed\nthree thousand dollars no greater sum shall be annually paid said judge\nor justice than three thousand dollars. The payment of any sum pursuant\nto the provisions of this section shall cease at the death of such judge\nor justice or on the last day of December next after he shall be seventy\nyears of age, notwithstanding the term for which he was elected shall\nnot then have expired. No person shall be entitled to the benefit of\nthis section unless the resolution of removal shall state that he is\nremoved for a cause not involving moral delinquency, and shall recommend\nthe continuance of such compensation.\n