NY Exec L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-B - Office of the Inspector General of New York for Transportation 56 - Jurisdiction.

§  56. Jurisdiction. 1. This article shall, subject to the limitations contained herein, confer upon the office of the inspector general of New York for  transportation  investigative  and  prosecutorial  power  over criminal and unethical conduct involving individuals serving at a senior level  in operations, financing or management of a transportation entity located in a city of a population of one  million  or  more  where  such action  or  actions  occurred  within  the  state; and investigative and prosecutorial  power  of  criminal  and  unethical   conduct   involving managerial  appointees  or  managerial  employees  of any transportation entity where such action or actions occurred within the state.   2. For the purposes of this article: (a) "transportation entity" shall mean any public entity located within a city  of  one  million  or  more involved  in  the transportation of persons, goods or other items within or to and from the state of New  York  where  at  least  one  individual involved  at  a  senior  level in operations, financing or management of such entity is appointed by the governor;  (b) "individuals involved at a senior level in  operations,  financing or management" shall mean individuals that exert full or partial control over  formal  actions  taken  by a transportation entity or on behalf of such entity, or exert independent judgment in the fulfillment  of  their duties  and obligations, but shall not include individuals whose actions are of a routine or clerical nature; and  (c) "managerial appointee" or "managerial  employee"  shall  mean  any individual  who  (i)  participates  directly  or  as  part  of a team in formulating policy; (ii) may reasonably be required to  assist  directly in  the  preparation  for  and  conduct of negotiations concerning major fiscal matters, procurements or expenditures in excess  of  one  hundred thousand dollars provided that such role is not of a routine or clerical nature and requires the exercise of independent judgment; or (iii) has a major role in the administration of personnel agreements or in personnel administration,  provided that such role is not of a routine or clerical nature and requires the exercise of independent judgment.   3. Nothing contained in this section shall  replace  or  diminish  the jurisdiction  of  the  attorney general or any district attorney, or the inspector general of any transportation entity.   4. The inspector general shall be authorized to:  (a)  receive,  investigate  and  prosecute  complaints  regarding  any individuals  involved  at  a  senior  level  in operations, financing or management  or  managerial  appointee  or  managerial  employee  of  any transportation  entity  concerning  corruption,  conflicts  of interest, fraud, waste and abuse, recusals  or  failure  to  recuse,  or  criminal activity  in  any  case  where  such conduct, action or failure occurred before or after the effective date of the chapter of  the  laws  of  two thousand  seventeen  that  added  this  article  and where such conduct, action or failure occurred in New York;  (b)  represent  the   state   in   any   administrative   hearing   or administrative proceeding involving any criminal or unethical conduct of individuals  involved  at  a  senior  level  in operations, financing or management or  a  managerial  appointee  or  managerial  employee  of  a transportation entity where such conduct occurred in New York; and  (c)  represent  the  state  in civil actions involving any criminal or unethical  conduct  of  individuals  involved  at  a  senior  level   in operations,  financing  or  management  or  a  managerial  appointee  or managerial employee  of  a  transportation  entity  where  such  conduct occurred in New York.