Section 210. Administrative officers of the unified court system

1.  The
  chief judge of the court of appeals shall be  the  chief  judge  of  the
  state of New York and shall be the chief judicial officer of the unified
  court system.
    2.  The  administrative board of the courts shall consist of the chief
  judge, who shall serve as chairman, and the presiding  justices  of  the
  appellate   divisions   of   the  supreme  court.  The  members  of  the
  administrative board shall  serve  without  compensation  but  shall  be
  entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually and necessarily incurred
  by them in the performance of their duties.
    3.  The  chief judge shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the
  administrative board, a chief administrator  of  the  courts  who  shall
  serve at his pleasure. The chief administrator may be a judge or justice
  of the unified court system, in which event he shall be called the chief
  administrative judge of the courts, and he shall have all the functions,
  powers and duties of the chief administrator. He shall receive an annual
  salary  to  be fixed by the chief judge within the amount made available
  therefor by appropriation and he shall be entitled to reimbursement  for
  expenses  actually and necessarily incurred by him in the performance of
  his duties.