N.Y. SCP Law § 1108

§ 1108. Staff; salaries; offices\n Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, appointment and\nremoval shall be made as follows:\n 1. Assistants and employees.\n (a) The public administrators of the counties of the city of New York\nare hereby vested with the power to appoint and remove such other\nemployees as may be allowed annually in the budget of the city of New\nYork.\n (b) The salaries above provided shall be included annually in the\nbudget of the city of New York.\n 2. Counsel.\n (a) In the counties of the city of New York, the court may appoint one\nor more counsels to the public administrator.\n (b) The reasonable compensation of counsel so appointed shall be paid\nfrom the respective estates in which legal services are rendered and may\nbe paid as provided in EPTL 11-1.1(b) (22) and the city of New York\nshall not be required to include in its expense budget any compensation\nfor such counsel.\n (c) Any legal fees allowed by the court pursuant to paragraph (b) of\nthis subdivision shall be supported by an affidavit of legal services\nsetting forth in detail the services rendered, the time spent, and the\nmethod or basis by which requested compensation was determined. In\nfixing the legal fees, the court shall consider the time and labor\nrequired, the difficulty of the questions involved, the skill required\nto handle the problems presented, the lawyer's experience, ability and\nreputation, the amount involved and benefit resulting to the estate from\nthe services, the customary fee charged by the bar for similar services,\nthe contingency or certainty of compensation, the results obtained, and\nthe responsibility involved.\n 3. Offices.\n (a) Suitable offices for the public administrators of Bronx, Kings,\nQueens and Richmond counties shall be provided by the appropriate fiscal\nauthority in one of the county buildings of such counties, respectively,\nprovided however that in Richmond county such office may be provided in\nbuildings other than a county building.\n 4. The office of public administrator of Bronx county shall be deemed\na civil division within the meaning of section 45 of the civil service\nlaw.\n