In re the Unified Court System

*878OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the charges imposed by the respondent against the experience rating account of the Unified Court System with respect to city marshals should be canceled.

We agree that for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum of Justice Paul J. Yesawich, Jr., at the Appellate Division (88 AD2d 717, 718), city marshals are independent contractors, not employees. We hold, further, that city marshals are local not State officers (see Public Officers Law, § 2), appointed by the Mayor, not paid by…