N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 327
Compensation and payment of stenographers

Each stenographer appointed as aforesaid shall receive such compensation for services rendered while engaged in taking testimony before a grand jury, as shall be determined by the board of supervisors or county legislature of the county in which he is appointed, excepting that in the county of New York, such compensation shall be fixed by the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York, and such compensation shall not be less than five nor more than ten dollars per day; and in addition thereto such stenographer shall be entitled to and shall be allowed for a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney the same rate per folio as is prescribed by the civil practice law and rules, and such stenographer shall receive the same compensation for all copies of the evidence in excess of three copies, furnished by him to the district attorney. Such compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid by the treasurer of such county upon the affidavit of the stenographer and the certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of days of actual service and the number of folios furnished; excepting that in the counties of Broome, Cayuga, Delaware, Erie, Monroe, Oneida, Otsego, Rockland, Schenectady, Tioga and Westchester the salaries of said stenographers shall be fixed by the board of supervisors or county legislature and in the counties of Monroe, Niagara and Oneida such stenographers in addition to such salary, shall be entitled to and shall be allowed for a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney the fees prescribed by the civil practice law and rules. Such compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid by the treasurer of said county upon the affidavit of the stenographers and the certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of folios furnished; and excepting that in the county of Queens said stenographers shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and in the county of Ulster, twelve hundred dollars per annum; and excepting that in the county of Kings the salaries of said stenographers shall be fixed by the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York; and excepting that in the county of Orange said stenographers shall receive a salary in an amount as shall be prescribed in the annual county budget. Such salaries shall be a county charge and shall be paid monthly, and in Erie, Oneida, Rockland, Westchester and Niagara counties semi-monthly, by the treasurer of said county in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are paid.

Source: Section 327 — Compensation and payment of stenographers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/JUD/327 (updated Jul. 8, 2022; accessed Nov. 15, 2025).

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