Official law reporting in New York State dates from 1804, when the Supreme Court was authorized by Chapter 68, Laws of 1804, to appoint a reporter of its decisions. With various changes, reflecting alterations in the State's judicial system, official reporting has had a continuous existence since that time, and is now carried on by the State Law Reporting Bureau which, in its present form, was created by legislative act, Chapter 494, Laws of 1938, enacting Article 14 of the Judiciary Law. The bureau is under the direction of a State Reporter, appointed by the Court of Appeals. A deputy state reporter and such other reporters and staff members as may be necessary are also appointed and removable by the Court. The bureau is charged with the reporting of every cause determined in the Court of Appeals, and every cause determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, unless otherwise directed by the Court deciding the cause; and in addition any cause determined in any other court which the State Reporter, with the approval of the Court of Appeals, considers worthy of being reported because of it usefulness as a precedent or its importance as a matter of public interest.
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