New York § 54 - 54Personal liability of heads of agencies
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 54 — 54Personal liability of heads of agencies, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54. 54Personal liability of heads of agencies
§ 54. Personal liability of heads of agencies. No head of any agency, department, bureau, or office of a county shall be liable to respond in damages to the county or to any other person for any act or omission of any employee of the county employed within the agency, department, bureau, or office of which he is such head. Any lawful claims which but for this section would be claims against such head of an agency, department, bureau, or office shall be lawful claims against the county and shall be deemed to be the liability of the county. Nothing contained herein, however, shall be deemed to relieve the head of any agency, department, bureau, or office of liability to the county or to any other person for his own act or omission to act, nor be deemed to impose any new liability upon the county for any act or omission of such head of any agency, department, bureau, or office to which the county was not lawfully subject prior to the taking effect of this act.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54 ("54Personal liability of heads of agencies") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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