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NY Exec L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-A - Office of the State Inspector General 53 - Functions and Duties.

§ 53. Functions and duties. The state inspector general shall have the   following duties and responsibilities:1.  receive and investigate complaints from any source, or upon his or   her  own  initiative,  concerning  allegations  of  corruption,   fraud,   criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in any covered agency;1-a.  receive  and investigate complaints from any source, or upon his   or her own initiative, concerning allegations of corruption, fraud,  use   of excessive force, criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse by   any  police officer in a covered agency and promptly inform the division   of criminal justice services, in the form and manner  as  prescribed  by   the  division,  of  such  allegations and the progress of investigations   related thereto unless special  circumstances  require  confidentiality.   Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  require  the division of criminal   justice services to participate in the investigation of such allegations   or take action or prevent the division of criminal justice services from   taking action authorized pursuant to subdivision three of section  eight   hundred  forty-five of this chapter in the time and manner determined by   the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services.2. inform the heads of covered agencies of such  allegations  and  the   progress of investigations related thereto, unless special circumstances   require confidentiality;3.  determine  with  respect  to such allegations whether disciplinary   action, civil or criminal prosecution, or further  investigation  by  an   appropriate  federal,  state or local agency is warranted, and to assist   in such investigations;4.  prepare  and  release  to  the  public  written  reports  of  such   investigations,  as  appropriate  and  to  the  extent permitted by law,   subject to redaction to protect the confidentiality  of  witnesses.  The   release  of  all  or portions of such reports may be deferred to protect   the confidentiality of ongoing investigations;5. review and examine periodically  the  policies  and  procedures  of   covered  agencies  with  regard  to  the  prevention  and  detection  of   corruption, fraud, criminal activity, conflicts of interest or abuse;6. recommend remedial  action  to  prevent  or  eliminate  corruption,   fraud,  criminal  activity,  conflicts  of  interest or abuse in covered   agencies;7. establish  programs  for  training  state  officers  and  employees   regarding  the prevention and elimination of corruption, fraud, criminal   activity, conflicts of interest or abuse in covered agencies.
NY Exec L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-A - Office of the State Inspector General 54 - Powers.

§ 54. Powers. The state inspector general shall have the power to:1. subpoena and enforce the attendance of witnesses;2. administer oaths or affirmations and examine witnesses under oath;3.  require  the production of any books and papers deemed relevant or   material to any investigation, examination or review;4. notwithstanding any law to the contrary, examine and copy or remove   documents or records of any kind prepared, maintained  or  held  by  any   covered agency;5.  require  any  officer  or  employee  in a covered agency to answer   questions concerning any matter related to the performance of his or her   official duties. No statement or other evidence derived therefrom may be   used against  such  officer  or  employee  in  any  subsequent  criminal   prosecution  other  than  for  perjury  or  contempt  arising  from such   testimony. The refusal of any officer or employee  to  answer  questions   shall   be  cause  for  removal  from  office  or  employment  or  other   appropriate penalty;6.  monitor  the   implementation   by   covered   agencies   of   any   recommendations made by state inspector general;7.  perform  any  other functions that are necessary or appropriate to   fulfill the duties and responsibilities of office.
NY Exec L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-A - Office of the State Inspector General 55 - Responsibilities of Covered Agencies, State Officers and Employees.

§  55.  Responsibilities  of  covered  agencies,  state  officers  and   employees. 1. Every state officer or employee in a covered agency  shall   report   promptly   to  the  state  inspector  general  any  information   concerning corruption, fraud, criminal activity, conflicts  of  interest   or  abuse  by  another  state officer or employee relating to his or her   office or employment, or by a person having  business  dealings  with  a   covered  agency  relating  to those dealings. The knowing failure of any   officer or employee to so report shall be cause for removal from  office   or  employment or other appropriate penalty. Any officer or employee who   acts pursuant to this subdivision by reporting to  the  state  inspector   general   improper   governmental   action   as   defined   in   section   seventy-five-b of  the  civil  service  law  shall  not  be  subject  to   dismissal, discipline or other adverse personnel action.2.  The  head  of  any covered agency shall advise the governor within   ninety days of the issuance of a report by the state  inspector  general   as  to  the remedial action that the agency has taken in response to any   recommendation for such action contained in such report.
NY Exec L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-B - Office of the Inspector General of New York for Transportation 57 - Establishment and Organization.

§  57.  Establishment and organization. 1. There shall be an office of   the inspector general of New York for transportation  in  the  executive   department. The head of the office shall be the inspector general of New   York for transportation.2.  The inspector general shall be appointed by the governor and shall   hold office until the end of the term of the governor by whom he or  she   is appointed and until his or her successor is appointed.3.  The  inspector  general  may appoint a deputy inspector general to   serve at his or her pleasure, who shall be  responsible  for  conducting   investigations  and prosecuting violations of law. The inspector general   shall identify a process for a coordinated approach with prosecutors  to   avoid   duplication  and  provide  for  a  timely  response  to  alleged   violations.4. The salary of the inspector general shall  be  established  by  the   governor within the limit of funds available therefore.
NY Exec L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 4-B - Office of the Inspector General of New York for Transportation 58 - Functions and Duties.

§  58.  Functions  and  duties.  The inspector general of New York for   transportation shall have the following duties and responsibilities:1. receive, investigate, and prosecute complaints from any source,  or   upon  his  or  her own initiative, concerning allegations of corruption,   conflicts of interest, fraud, waste and abuse, recusals  or  failure  to   recuse,  or  criminal  activity  regarding  any  transportation  entity,   conduct or activity or failure to act by any individuals involved  at  a   senior  level  in  operations,  financing  or  management  or managerial   appointee or managerial employee of a  transportation  entity  occurring   before  or  after  the  effective date of the chapter of the laws of two   thousand seventeen that added this article, in violation of New York law   and occurring in New York;2. inform the  transportation  entity  of  such  allegations  and  the   progress of investigations related thereto, unless special circumstances   require  confidentiality,  provided  that  the  inspector  general shall   maintain a written record that specifies the reason  confidentiality  is   necessary under this paragraph;3.  issue  a  subpoena  or  subpoenas requiring a person or persons to   appear before the grand jury, trial court, produce documents, provide  a   sworn  statement  under  oath and be examined in reference to any matter   within the jurisdiction of the  inspector  general.  A  subpoena  issued   under  this  section  shall  be  governed by article twenty-three of the   civil practice law and rules or  articles  one  hundred  ninety  or  six   hundred  ten of the criminal procedure law. The inspector general or his   or her deputy or any person designated in writing by them may administer   an oath to a witness in any such investigation or  prosecution  and  may   seek  to  confer  immunity  for  compelled testimony pursuant to article   fifty of the criminal procedure law;4. determine with respect to  such  allegations  whether  to  initiate   civil   or   criminal  prosecution,  or  make  a  referral  for  further   investigation by an appropriate federal, state or local  agency  or  any   other office of inspector general as is warranted, and to assist in such   investigations; and5.  prepare  and  release  to  the  public  written  reports  of  such   investigations, as appropriate and  to  the  extent  permitted  by  law,   subject  to  redaction  to protect the confidentiality of witnesses. The   release of all or portions of such reports may be  deferred  to  protect   the   confidentiality  of  ongoing  investigations,  provided  that  the   inspector general shall maintain a written  record  that  specifies  the   reason confidentiality is necessary under this subdivision.
NY Exec L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 60 - Department of Law.

§ 60. Department  of  law.  There  shall  continue  to be in the state   government a department of law. The head of the department of law  shall   be  the  attorney-general  who  shall  receive  an  annual salary of one   hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
NY Exec L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 61 - Solicitor General.

§ 61. Solicitor  general.  There  shall  be in the department of law a   solicitor general who shall be appointed by the attorney-general and who   shall perform such duties in the place and stead of the attorney-general   as may lawfully be assigned to him. The attorney-general shall  fix  his   compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor.
NY Exec L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 62 - Assistants.

§ 62. Assistants.  1.  The attorney-general may appoint such assistant   attorneys-general, deputy assistant attorneys-general and  attorneys  as   he  may  deem  necessary  and  fix their compensation within the amounts   appropriated therefor. Whenever deputy  or  deputy  attorney-general  is   referred  to  or  designated  in  any  law,  contract  or  document such   references or designations shall be  deemed  to  refer  to  and  include   assistant   attorneys-general,  deputy  assistant  attorneys-general  or   attorneys appointed by the attorney-general.
NY Exec L § 63-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 63-A - Action by Attorney-General for Forfeiture of Public Office.

§ 63-a. Action  by  attorney-general  for forfeiture of public office.   The attorney-general may maintain an action, upon his own information or   upon the complaint of a private person, against a public officer,  civil   or  military,  who  has  done  or  suffered  an act which by law works a   forfeiture of his office.
NY Exec L § 63-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 63-B - Action by Attorney-General Against Usurper of Office or Franchise.

§ 63-b. Action  by  attorney-general  against  usurper  of  office  or   franchise. 1. The attorney-general may maintain an action, upon his  own   information  or upon the complaint of a private person, against a person   who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises  within  the   state a franchise or a public office, civil or military, or an office in   a  domestic  corporation.  The  attorney-general  may  set  forth in the   complaint, in his discretion, the name of the person rightfully entitled   to the office and facts showing  his  right  thereto.  Judgment  may  be   rendered  upon the right of the defendant and of the party so alleged to   be entitled, or only  upon  the  right  of  the  defendant,  as  justice   requires.    Where  two or more persons claim to be entitled to the same   office or franchise, the attorney-general may bring the  action  against   all to determine their respective rights thereto.2.  If  the  complaint  sets  forth  the name of the person rightfully   entitled to the office and  the  facts  showing  his  right  thereto,  a   provisional order to arrest the defendant may be granted by the court if   the  defendant  by means of his usurpation or intrusion has received any   fees or emoluments belonging to the office.3. Where a defendant is adjudged to be guilty of usurping or intruding   into or  unlawfully  holding  or  exercising  an  office,  franchise  or   privilege,  final  judgment shall be rendered, ousting and excluding him   therefrom, and in favor of  the  state  or  the  relator,  as  the  case   requires,  for  the costs of the action. As a part of the final judgment   in an action for usurping or intruding into  or  unlawfully  holding  or   exercising  an  office,  franchise  or  privilege,  the  court,  in  its   discretion, also may award that the defendant, or, where there  are  two   or  more  defendants,  that one or more of them, pay to the state a fine   not exceeding two thousand dollars.  The judgment for the  fine  may  be   docketed and execution may be issued thereupon in favor of the state, as   if it had been rendered in an action to recover the fine.4.  Where final judgment has been rendered upon the right and in favor   of the person alleged in the complaint to be entitled to an  office,  he   may  recover,  by action against the defendant, the damages which he has   sustained in consequence of the defendant's usurpation, intrusion  into,   unlawful holding or exercise of the office.
NY Exec L § 63-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 63-D - Attorney-General; Death Penalty Prosecutions.

§ 63-d. Attorney-general;   death   penalty  prosecutions.     1.  The attorney-general  shall,  whenever  required  by  the  governor  or  his designee  after a request of the governor by a district attorney, direct that the resources and personnel of the department of  law  be  used  to provide  assistance  relating  to  the prosecution or appeal of any case where the defendant may  be  subject  to  the  penalty  of  death.  Such assistance shall include the use of any department resource or services, which  the  attorney-general  deems  proper,  and  may  be  performed or provided by the attorney-general or any employee of  the  department  of law.    Assistance  pursuant  to  this section may only be provided with respect to proceedings where:  (i) the defendant is represented by counsel appointed pursuant to  the provisions  of  section  thirty-five-b  of  the  judiciary  law  or  the defendant is receiving expert, investigative or other services  pursuant to such section, or  (ii)   the  defendant,  through  counsel  retained  privately  by  the defendant through his or her own means or through the means of a  person other than the defendant, or through representation by pro bono counsel, is  able  to  marshal  substantially  greater  legal  and  investigatory resources than those reasonably available to the district attorney.   2. A  request  of  the  governor  made  by  a  district  attorney  for assistance in a death penalty case shall be accompanied by a certificate of  need  stating  that  as a result of cases where the defendant may be subject to the penalty of death additional resources  or  personnel  are needed  to  supplement  the  district  attorney's  staff  and  available resources in order to fulfill such district attorney's responsibilities.
NY Exec L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 64 - Costs Recovered.

§ 64. Costs  recovered. Costs recovered by the attorney-general may be   applied by him in payment of the expenses incurred by him in the  action   or proceeding in which they are received, or of any expenditure which he   is  authorized  to  incur  not  otherwise provided for. He shall, at the   close of each fiscal year, render to the comptroller an account of  such   costs  received,  with  vouchers of such expenditures. During the fiscal   year, the comptroller is authorized to  transfer  any  amount  available   within  the account dedicated for this purpose to the general fund, upon   the request of the director of the budget.  In  the  event  insufficient   cash  remains  in  such  account  to meet expenditures against available   appropriations from such  account,  the  comptroller  is  authorized  to   transfer  the  amounts  necessary  to  meet  such  expenditures from the   general fund; provided however that in no  event  shall  the  cumulative   value  of  any such transfers from the general fund made to such account   within a single fiscal year exceed ten  percent  of  the  value  of  the   appropriations  made  in  such  fiscal  year  from  such  account or the   cumulative balance of transfers from the account to  the  general  fund.   The  comptroller  shall  establish  such  accounts  and  records  as are   necessary to  provide  an  accurate  accounting  and  reporting  of  the   transfers to or from the general fund.
NY Exec L § 65 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 65 - Register.

§ 65. Register.  The  attorney-general  shall  keep  a register of all   actions and proceedings prosecuted  or  defended  by  him,  and  of  all   proceedings  in  relation  thereto,  and  shall  deliver the same to his   successor.
NY Exec L § 66 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 66 - Destruction of Certain Records, Books and Other Data by the Attorney-General.

§ 66.  Destruction  of  certain  records,  books and other data by the   attorney-general. In any action or proceeding or  by  other  process  of   law,  in  which  a  money  judgment or award shall have been procured in   favor of the people of the state of New  York,  any  department  of  the   state  of  New  York,  or  duly  constituted  division,  bureau or board   thereof, and which judgment or award has been duly paid  and  satisfied,   the department of law, with the consent of the commissioner of education   as provided by section one hundred forty-seven of the education law, may   after  the  expiration  of  six  years  from the time of payment of said   judgment or award destroy all statistics,  documents  and  papers  filed   with  or  used  by  the  department of law in procuring said judgment or   award.
NY Exec L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 67 - Additional Counsel.

§ 67. Additional  counsel.    The  governor  or  attorney-general  may   designate and employ such additional attorneys  or  counsel  as  may  be   necessary  to  assist  in  the  transaction of any of the legal business   mentioned in section sixty-three of this chapter and such  attorneys  or   counsel  shall  be  paid  a  reasonable  fee upon the certificate of the   governor and attorney-general, the amount  thereof  to  be  audited  and   allowed  by  them  or  to  be paid by the attorney-general out of costs,   penalties and judgments collected by him, prior to the  payment  thereof   into the state treasury as required by section one hundred twenty-one of   the state finance law.
NY Exec L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 5 - Department of Law 70 - Deputy Attorney-General to Act as Special District Attorney.

§ 70. Deputy attorney-general to act as special district attorney.Whenever  the  governor  shall advise the attorney-general that he has   reason to doubt whether in any county the law relating to crimes against   the elective franchise is properly enforced, the attorney-general  shall   require  from  the district attorney of such county, and it shall be the   duty of such district attorney forthwith to make to the attorney-general   a report of all prosecutions and complaints within his county during the   year then last past for offenses under  the  election  law  and  of  the   action had thereon.The  attorney-general shall assign one or more of his deputies to take   charge of  prosecutions  under  the  election  law.  Such  deputy  shall   represent  the  people of this state in all such prosecutions before all   magistrates  and  in  all  courts  and  before  any  grand  jury  having   cognizance thereof. The deputies so assigned shall be appointed pursuant   to  section  sixty-two of this chapter. They may be especially appointed   thereunder for the purpose of such assignment and for the performance of   the duties herein described.Whenever the attorney-general shall advise the governor that there  is   occasion  for  an  extraordinary term in any such county to inquire into   and try cases arising under article sixteen of  the  election  law,  the   governor  may  appoint  an extraordinary term of the supreme court to be   constituted and held for the trial of criminal  cases  in  such  county,   pursuant  to  section one hundred forty-nine of the judiciary law. Grand   and petit juries shall be drawn and summoned for said term in the manner   provided by law, and such cases shall be brought before such inquest and   court as the  attorney-general  shall  direct.  All  the  provisions  of   sections sixty-three and sixty-seven of this chapter shall apply to such   extraordinary term.It  shall  be  the duty of the district attorney of the county, and of   the assistants, clerks and employees in his office, and  of  all  police   authorities,  officers  and men within any such county, to render to the   attorney-general  and  his  deputy  whenever  requested,  all  aid   and   assistance within their power in such prosecutions and in the conduct of   such  cases. The jurisdiction conferred upon the attorney-general herein   to prosecute crimes, is concurrent in  each  county  with  that  of  the   district  attorney;  but  whichever  of such officers shall first assume   jurisdiction of a particular offense shall have  exclusive  jurisdiction   to prosecute for the same unless or until the governor shall, by written   order  filed  with  both  such  officers,  give such jurisdiction to the   other.