New York Legislative Law Section 7-A - Legislative library, librarian and assistants.

 7-a. Legislative library, librarian and assistants. There shall be a
  legislative library to be located in the state capitol in rooms assigned
  by  the commissioner of general services, conveniently accessible to the
  members of both houses of legislature, and such library  shall  be  open
  throughout the year.
Such  library  shall  be  suitably  furnished, equipped and maintained
  under the direction of the legislative librarian, within the  amount  of
  any  moneys available therefor by appropriation, subject to joint rules,
  if any, that may be adopted by  the  senate  and  assembly  in  relation
  thereto.  There  shall be, for such library, a legislative librarian and
  such assistant librarians and other employees as may be provided for  in
  the legislative appropriation bill. Such librarian, assistant librarians
  and  other  employees  shall be chosen by the temporary president of the
  senate and speaker of the assembly.  One  of  the  assistant  librarians
  shall  be  assigned  by  the legislative librarian to have charge of the
  legislative  correspondents'  room  in  the  capitol.  The   legislative
  librarian and assistant librarians heretofore chosen by the president of
  the  senate and speaker of the assembly, and in office when this section
  as hereby amended takes effect, shall  continue  to  serve  until  their
  successors  shall  be  chosen.  The  salaries  and  compensation  of the
  legislative librarian, assistant librarians and other employees shall be
  payable from moneys appropriated in the legislative appropriation  bill.
  During  a  vacancy in the office of legislative librarian, the assistant
  librarian who shall have been longest in the service of the state  as  a
  legislative  employee, shall be employed as acting legislative librarian
  with the powers and duties of such librarian, and shall  receive  during
  such  period  the  compensation  herein  prescribed  for the legislative
  librarian. Such librarian shall have charge of the legislative  library,
  but  the two houses of the legislature may, by joint rules, regulate the
  use  of  the  library  and  prescribe  the  powers  and  duties  of  the
  legislative librarian and the assistant librarians.
The  legislative  librarian, the assistant librarians and employees of
  the legislative library shall be  considered  to  be  employees  of  the
  legislature for all purposes.

Last modified: February 3, 2019