N.Y. SCP Law § 1207

§ 1207. Salary; commissions; retention of commissions\n 1. Except as herein provided the public administrator shall receive\nan annual salary to be fixed by the board of supervisors of his county\nfor the administration of all estates.\n 2. The public administrator of the counties of Erie and Onondaga\nshall be entitled to retain from all moneys or property which come into\nhis hands, after deducting all reasonable and necessary expenses, the\nsame commissions as are now allowed by law to a fiduciary other than a\ntrustee. If he be a licensed attorney-at-law he shall receive as his\ncompensation, in addition to his commissions, the legal fees as attorney\nfor the estate as may be allowed by the court together with his\nreasonable and necessary expenses and disbursements which shall be a\ncharge against the estate in each instance.\n 3. The public administrator of the county of Monroe, if he be a duly\nlicensed attorney-at-law shall receive no salary and may act as his own\ncounsel and shall receive as his compensation such legal fees as the\nattorney of the estate as may be allowed by the court together with his\nreasonable and necessary expenses and disbursements which shall be a\ncharge against the estate in each instance. If he shall not be an\nattorney-at-law he shall be compensated as is provided for in\nsubdivision 1.\n 4. On the settlement of the account of the public administrator in\neach instance, except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3 the court may\nallow his reasonable and necessary expenses and disbursements and in\naddition, in the counties of Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Suffolk and\nWestchester, a reasonable amount for the expenses of his office, to be\nfixed by the court. In addition thereto he shall be entitled to receive\ncommissions on all moneys or property of any decedent or the proceeds of\na cause of action for wrongful death which may come into his hands as\nprovided for a fiduciary other than a trustee.\n 5. Except as hereinabove provided the public administrator shall not\nreceive to his own use any remuneration in addition to his salary for\nhis services and he shall pay to the treasurer of his county all\ncommissions and costs received by him. Such payments shall be made\nmonthly and shall be accompanied by a sworn statement in such form as\nthe comptroller of his county shall prescribe showing in detail the\ncommissions and costs received and allowed to him.\n