N.Y. WKC Law § 82 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 6 / Section 82
Powers and duties
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§ 82. Powers and duties.  1. The commissioners shall appoint an\nexecutive director, a general attorney, a secretary for terms of nine\nyears each. Vacancies in such positions shall be filled for the\nunexpired terms. The commissioners shall also appoint, and may remove,\nfour deputy executive directors and an actuary. The foregoing\nappointments shall be in the exempt class of the civil service. The\nactuary shall be responsible directly to the commissioners. They shall\nalso appoint, and may remove, such number of assistant directors as may\nin their judgment be required for the proper and expeditious conduct of\nthe business of the fund. In the absence of the executive director the\ndeputy executive director named for that purpose by the commissioners\nshall perform the duties of the executive director. The commissioners\nshall prescribe the duties of all administrative officers of the fund,\nexcept as they may otherwise be prescribed by law.\n  2. The executive director shall, subject to the direction of the\ncommissioners, be responsible for the direction and operation of the\nstate fund. He shall appoint, and may remove, all officers and employees\nof the fund, other than those required to be appointed by the\ncommissioners, and shall prescribe their duties. He may within the\nlimits of the budget fix salaries, and may promote employees and may\ntransfer employees from their positions to other positions in the fund,\nand may abolish or consolidate positions subject to the civil service\nlaw and rules, and all removals shall be made pursuant to such rules and\nlaws, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the state\nfund shall at all times be administered with due regard to the\nrequirements of its business affairs and its obligations under its\ncontracts and policies in force.\n  3. The commissioners shall consider at all times the condition of the\nfund and examine into its reserves, investments and all other matters\nrelating to its administration. They shall have access to all records\nand books of account, and may require the personal appearance before\nthem and require information from any officer or employee of the fund.\nInformation obtained by them from officers and employees of the fund and\nfrom its records with respect to the business affairs of any employer\ninsured in the fund shall be deemed confidential unless ordered\ndisclosed by order of the commissioners.\n  4. The executive director shall submit to the commissioners an annual\nestimate of the amounts required for salaries and for the maintenance\nand expenses of the fund for the next ensuing calendar year. The\ncommissioners shall thereupon consider such estimate, and may modify or\napprove such estimate. There may not be expended for the state insurance\nfund more than the total amount specified in such budget, except as\nauthorized by the commissioner.\n  5. All statistics and other documentary matter filed with the state\nfund, except where the further retention of such statistics and other\ndocumentary matter is made necessary by requirements of law, may be\ndestroyed by the commissioners after the expiration of six years from\nthe filing thereof.\n