Section 102. Power of justices of appellate division in first department to appoint special deputy clerks for each part or term of the supreme court in the first judicial district

The justices of the  appellate  division
  of  the  supreme  court  in the first department, or a majority of them,
  shall appoint and at pleasure remove, for  each  part  or  term  of  the
  supreme  court  in the first judicial district a special deputy clerk of
  the supreme court, and all necessary assistants to each of such  special
  deputies and fix the salaries thereof. The board of estimate of the city
  of New York is authorized and empowered to provide the means to pay such
  salaries.