77 - Compensation of officers and employees reinstated by court order. - New York Statutes

§ 77. Compensation of officers and employees reinstated by court order. Any officer or employee who is removed from a position in the service of the state or of any civil division thereof in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and who thereafter is restored to such position by order of the supreme court, shall be entitled to receive and shall receive from the state or such civil division, as the case may be, the salary or compensation which he would have been entitled by law to have received in such position but for such unlawful removal, from the date of such unlawful removal to the date of such restoration, less the amount of any unemployment insurance benefits he may have received during such period. Such officer or employee shall be entitled to a court order to enforce the payment of such salary or compensation. Such salary or compensation shall be subject to the provisions of sections four hundred seventy-four and four hundred seventy-five of the judiciary law for services rendered, but otherwise shall be paid only directly to such officer or employee or his legal representatives.