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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 23-B - Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Plans.

§  23-b.  Nursing  home  and  assisted living facility plans. 1. After
consultation with the commissioner of health, the director of the office
for the aging,  and  the  director  of  the  state  office  of  homeland
security,  the  commission  shall establish standards for nursing homes,
adult homes, enriched housing programs and  assisted  living  residences
regarding disaster preparedness.
2.  Each  such  facility  shall  be assisted in the establishment of a
disaster preparedness plan. The plan shall include, but not  be  limited
to, the following:
(a)  Maintaining  a  supply  of  food,  water and to the extent deemed
necessary and feasible in the reasonable judgment of the operator of the
facility, medication in reserve in the event that obtaining  such  items
should become difficult or impossible.
(b)  In  the  reasonable  judgment of the facility, having access to a
generator or generators sufficient to supply  electrical  power  to  the
facility.
(c)  Establishing  an  evacuation  plan  for  residents  including  an
alternative site suitable for temporary use.
(d) Establishing staffing plans during a disaster.
3. Such  plans  shall  be  made  available  to  the  county  emergency
management office.
4.  Nothing  in this section shall be deemed to modify or override any
requirements in regulations duly promulgated by a state  agency,  or  to
limit  any lawful authority of a state agency to promulgate regulations,
with respect to disaster preparedness of such facilities,  the  contents
of  their  disaster  preparedness  plans  or the process for approval of
those plans.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 23-C - Consistency Among Local Disaster Preparedness Plans.

§  23-c.  Consistency  among local disaster preparedness plans. 1. The
  local disaster preparedness  plans  for  each  county,  city,  town,  or
  village  shall  be  so  developed  that  no  part  of the local disaster
  preparedness plan of any county or any city,  town,  or  village  within
  such  county  conflicts with any part of the local disaster preparedness
  plan of any of the other said entities within such county or such county
  itself. In the event of  any  such  conflict,  such  conflict  shall  be
  resolved  by  such  county. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
  apply to a city wholly containing more than one county or to any  county
  wholly contained within any such city.
2.  In the event that any part of the local disaster preparedness plan
  of any county or any city, town, or village within such county conflicts
  with any part of the local  disaster  preparedness  plan  of  any  other
  county  or any city, town, or village within any such other county, such
  conflict shall be resolved by the state emergency management office,  as
  defined  in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section twenty-nine-e of
  this article. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to  any
  county  wholly  contained  within a city wholly containing more than one
  county. Any city wholly containing more than one county shall be subject
  to the provisions of this subdivision as if it were a county.
3. Said state emergency management office  is  hereby  authorized  and
  directed  to  promulgate  any  rules  or  regulations  or take any other
  measures necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 25 - Use of Local Government Resources in a Disaster.

§ 25. Use  of  local  government  resources in a disaster. 1. Upon the
  threat or occurrence of a disaster, the chief executive of any political
  subdivision is hereby authorized and empowered to and shall use any  and
  all  facilities,  equipment,  supplies, personnel and other resources of
  his political  subdivision  in  such  manner  as  may  be  necessary  or
  appropriate  to  cope  with  the  disaster  or  any  emergency resulting
  therefrom.
2. Upon the threat or occurrence of a disaster, a chief executive  may
  request  and  accept assistance which is coordinated and directed by the
  county chief  executive  as  provided  in  section  twenty-six  of  this
  article.
3.  A  chief executive may also request and accept assistance from any
  other political subdivision and may receive therefrom  and  utilize  any
  real  or  personal  property  or the service of any personnel thereof on
  such terms and conditions as may be mutually  agreed  to  by  the  chief
  executives of the requesting and assisting political subdivisions.
4.  Upon  the  receipt  of  a  request for assistance made pursuant to
  subdivision two or three of this section, the  chief  executive  of  any
  political  subdivision  may  give,  lend  or  lease,  on  such terms and
  conditions as he may deem necessary to promote the  public  welfare  and
  protect  the  interests  of  such  political  subdivision, any services,
  equipment, facilities, supplies or  other  resources  of  his  political
  subdivision.  Any lease or loan of real or personal property pursuant to
  this subdivision, or any transfer of personnel pursuant hereto, shall be
  only  for  the purpose of assisting a political subdivision in emergency
  relief,  reconstruction,  or  rehabilitation  made  necessary   by   the
  disaster.
5.  A  political  subdivision  shall not be liable for any claim based
  upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a
  discretionary function or duty on the part of any officer or employee in
  carrying out the provisions of this section.
6. The chief executive, when requesting assistance  pursuant  to  this
  section  may  request  assistance  from  the  civil defense and disaster
  preparedness forces of any other political subdivision, but only if  the
  civil  defense  and  disaster  preparedness  forces  of  the  type being
  requested have already been activated within the political  subdivisions
  requesting  assistance. The chief executive of any political subdivision
  receiving such a request is hereby authorized and empowered, subject  to
  the  provisions  of  section  twenty-six  of  this  article,  to respond
  thereto.
7. Any power or authority conferred upon any political subdivision  by
  this  section  shall  be  in  addition to and not in substitution for or
  limitation  of  any  powers  or  authority  otherwise  vested  in   such
  subdivision or any officer thereof.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 26 - Coordination of Local Disaster Preparedness Forces and Local Civil Defense Forces in Disasters.

§ 26. Coordination  of  local  disaster  preparedness forces and local
  civil defense forces in disasters. 1. Upon the threat or occurrence of a
  disaster, the chief executive of a county may coordinate  responses  for
  requests  for  assistance  made  by the chief executive of any political
  subdivision within the county.
2. Coordination of assistance shall utilize existing organizations and
  lines  of  authority  and  shall  utilize  any  comprehensive  emergency
  management plans prepared by the affected municipality.
3. A chief executive or any elected or appointed county, city, town or
  village  official shall not be held responsible for acts or omissions of
  municipal employees,  disaster  preparedness  forces  or  civil  defense
  forces  when  performing  disaster  assistance  pursuant  to  a declared
  disaster emergency or when exercising comprehensive emergency management
  plans.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 27 - Continuity of Local Governments.

§ 27. Continuity  of  local governments. 1. Every county, except those
  wholly contained within a city, every city, every town and every village
  shall have power to  provide  by  local  law,  and  every  other  public
  corporation,  district  corporation  or public benefit corporation shall
  have power to provide by resolution, for its continuity and that of  its
  elective  and  appointive officers, including members of its legislative
  or governing body when, in the event of a  disaster  and  the  emergency
  conditions  caused  thereby, any of such officers is unable to discharge
  the powers and duties of his office or  is  absent  from  the  political
  subdivision.  In any such local law or resolution, provision may be made
  that the removal of a disability or the termination of an  absence  from
  the  political  subdivision  of  an officer higher on a list or order of
  succession provided therein to an office shall not terminate the service
  in such office  of  an  individual  lower  on  such  list  or  order  of
  succession  who  is temporarily filling such office. Notwithstanding the
  provisions of any general or special law or city or village  charter,  a
  local  law  or  resolution  adopted pursuant to this section may be made
  effective without approval at a mandatory or permissive  referendum  but
  in no case shall such local law or resolution become effective until one
  certified  copy  thereof  has been filed with the clerk of the political
  subdivision or other appropriate official designated for such purpose by
  the respective legislative or governing body, one certified copy thereof
  has been filed  in  the  office  of  the  state  comptroller  and  three
  certified  copies thereof have been filed in the office of the secretary
  of state.
No provision of this subdivision shall be construed or interpreted  as
  affecting the validity of any ordinance, local law or resolution enacted
  prior  to  April  first,  nineteen hundred seventy-nine or actions taken
  thereunder by the government of any county, city, town or village.
2. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in any  case
  where  the  continuity  of  the government of a political subdivision or
  that of any of its elective or appointive officers is otherwise provided
  for by or pursuant to law.
3. This section  shall  be  construed  liberally.  The  powers  herein
  granted  shall  be  in  addition to and not in substitution of any power
  granted, procedure provided or provision made in any other law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 28 - State Declaration of Disaster Emergency.

§ 28. State   declaration  of  disaster  emergency.  1.  Whenever  the
governor, on his own initiative or pursuant to a  request  from  one  or
more  chief  executives,  finds  that  a disaster has occurred or may be
imminent for which local governments are unable to  respond  adequately,
he shall declare a disaster emergency by executive order.
2.  Upon  declaration  of  a  disaster  arising  from  a  radiological
accident, the governor or his designee, shall direct one or  more  chief
executives and emergency services organizations to:
(a) notify the public that an emergency exists; and
(b)  take  appropriate protective actions pursuant to the radiological
emergency preparedness plan approved pursuant to sections twenty-two and
twenty-three of this article. The governor, or his designee, shall  also
have  authority  to  direct  that  other  actions be taken by such chief
executives pursuant to their authority under section twenty-four of this
article.
3. The executive order shall include a description  of  the  disaster,
and the affected area. Such order or orders shall remain in effect for a
period  not  to  exceed  six  months or until rescinded by the governor,
whichever occurs first. The governor  may  issue  additional  orders  to
extend the state disaster emergency for additional periods not to exceed
six months.
4.  Whenever  the  governor  shall  find  that  a  disaster is of such
severity  and  magnitude  that  effective   response   is   beyond   the
capabilities  of the state and the affected jurisdictions, he shall make
an appropriate request for federal assistance  available  under  federal
law,  and  may  make  available  out  of  any  funds  provided under the
governmental emergency fund or such other funds  as  may  be  available,
sufficient  funds  to  provide  the  required state share of grants made
under  any  federal  program  for  meeting  disaster  related   expenses
including those available to individuals and families.
5.  The  legislature  may  terminate  at  any  time  a  state disaster
emergency issued under this section by concurrent resolution.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29 - Direction of State Agency Assistance in a Disaster Emergency.

§ 29. Direction  of  state  agency assistance in a disaster emergency.
  Upon the declaration of a state  disaster  emergency  the  governor  may
  direct  any  and  all  agencies  of  the  state  government  to  provide
  assistance  under  the  coordination  of   the   disaster   preparedness
  commission.  Such  state assistance may include: (1) utilizing, lending,
  or giving  to  political  subdivisions,  with  or  without  compensation
  therefor,  equipment, supplies, facilities, services of state personnel,
  and  other  resources,  other  than  the  extension   of   credit;   (2)
  distributing  medicine,  medical  supplies,  food  and  other consumable
  supplies through any public or private agency authorized  to  distribute
  the  same; (3) performing on public or private lands temporary emergency
  work essential for the protection of public health and safety,  clearing
  debris   and   wreckage,  making  emergency  repairs  to  and  temporary
  replacements of public facilities of political subdivisions  damaged  or
  destroyed as a result of such disaster; and (4) making such other use of
  their  facilities, equipment, supplies and personnel as may be necessary
  to assist in  coping  with  the  disaster  or  any  emergency  resulting
  therefrom.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29-A - Suspension of Other Laws.

§ 29-a. Suspension   of   other   laws.   1.   Subject  to  the  state
  constitution,  the  federal  constitution  and  federal   statutes   and
  regulations,  the  governor  may  by executive order temporarily suspend
  specific provisions of any statute, local  law,  ordinance,  or  orders,
  rules  or  regulations,  or  parts thereof, of any agency during a state
  disaster emergency, if compliance with such  provisions  would  prevent,
  hinder, or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster.
2.  Suspensions  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section shall be
  subject to the following standards and limits:
a. no suspension shall be made for a period in excess of thirty  days,
  provided,  however,  that  upon  reconsideration  of all of the relevant
  facts and circumstances, the governor  may  extend  the  suspension  for
  additional periods not to exceed thirty days each;
b. no suspension shall be made which does not safeguard the health and
  welfare  of  the  public  and  which  is not reasonably necessary to the
  disaster effort;
c. any such suspension order shall specify  the  statute,  local  law,
  ordinance, order, rule or regulation or part thereof to be suspended and
  the terms and conditions of the suspension;
d.  the  order  may  provide for such suspension only under particular
  circumstances, and may provide for the alteration or modification of the
  requirements of such statute,  local  law,  ordinance,  order,  rule  or
  regulation suspended, and may include other terms and conditions;
e.  any  such suspension order shall provide for the minimum deviation
  from the requirements of the statute, local law, ordinance, order,  rule
  or  regulation  suspended  consistent  with  the  disaster action deemed
  necessary; and
f. when practicable, specialists shall be assigned to assist with  the
  related  emergency  actions  to avoid needless adverse effects resulting
  from such suspension.
3. Such suspensions shall be effective from the time and in the manner
  prescribed in such orders and shall be published as soon as  practicable
  in the state bulletin.
4.  The  legislature  may terminate by concurrent resolution executive
  orders issued under this section at any time.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29-D - Reports.

§ 29-d. Reports.  In  order  to assess the present preparedness in the
state for any radiological accident and to determine the need  for,  and
appropriateness  of,  any additional specific steps by state government,
the commission shall report to  the  governor  and  the  legislature  by
January    first,    nineteen    hundred   eighty-two,   its   findings,
recommendations and proposed legislation where appropriate concerning:
1. The need for  and  appropriateness  of  additional  specific  state
activities   or   programs   beyond   those  required  by  the  accepted
radiological emergency preparedness plans or provided for under existing
law, including but not limited to:
(a) radiological monitoring equipment;
(b) warning systems and equipment;
(c) medical technologies and equipment;
(d) plume transport and dose assessment models; and
(e) nuclear fuel cycle and materials  licensees  other  than  electric
generating facilities.
2.  Any  such  recommendations shall be developed in consultation with
all concerned public and private parties and shall:
(a) take into account proven safety effectiveness;
(b) outline any proposed costs and the means for meeting such costs;
(c)  consider  related  activities  of  the  United   States   nuclear
regulatory commission or others; and
(d)  when appropriate, discuss alternatives and various implementation
stages.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29-I - Immunity From Liability for Emergency Alerts.

§  29-i. Immunity from liability for emergency alerts. Any provider of
  mobile services, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153,  including  its  officers,
  directors,  employees,  affiliates, vendors and agents, acting on behalf
  of the state, and  any  third-party  intermediary  transmission  service
  provider,  including  such third-party intermediary transmission service
  provider's  affiliates,  officers,  directors,  employees,  vendors  and
  agents,  acting  directly  or  indirectly  on  behalf of the state or on
  behalf of any such provider of mobile services, that transmits emergency
  alerts similar to those described in 47 CFR 10.10 and  10.400,  or  that
  transmits  any other type or form of emergency alert messages, shall not
  be liable for any act or omission related to or any harm resulting  from
  the  transmission  of,  or  failure  to  transmit,  an  emergency alert,
  provided that such provider,  officer,  director,  employee,  affiliate,
  vendor or agent acted reasonably and in good faith.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29-J - Acceptance of Gifts.

§  29-j.  Acceptance  of  gifts.  1.  The  state  office  of emergency
  management within  the  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
  services  may  accept any assistance, including but not limited to gifts
  or grants of real or personal property, but not  including  money,  from
  any  public  or  private  source  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  for,
  responding to, or recovering  from  a  state  disaster  emergency.  Such
  assistance may be used to support state and local disaster operations or
  distributed to disaster response organizations supporting local disaster
  response  operations. To the extent practicable, the office of emergency
  management shall distribute such assistance in consultation  with  local
  governments,  not-for-profit  organizations, and other disaster response
  organizations  that  have  experience  responding  to   state   disaster
  emergencies.
2.  The state office of emergency management shall maintain a database
  of all assistance accepted during the state disaster emergency and shall
  make such information available  to  the  public  on  its  website.  The
  database  shall  include,  but is not limited to, the name of the donor,
  type of assistance provided, value of the assistance, recipient  of  the
  assistance   (if   available),   date   of  the  donation  and  date  of
  distribution.
3. The director of the office of emergency management, in consultation
  with the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency
  services, may promulgate rules and regulations  necessary  to  implement
  this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 3 - Executive Department › 30 - Executive Department.

§ 30. Executive  department.   There shall continue to be in the state
  government an executive department. The head of the executive department
  shall be the governor. The governor may appoint  such  subordinates  and
  employees  as  may  be  necessary for the exercise of his powers and the
  performance of his duties as head of the executive department,  and  may
  prescribe  their  duties  and  fix their compensation within the amounts
  appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 3 - Executive Department › 31 - Divisions.

§ 31. Divisions.  There  shall  be  in  the  executive  department the
  following divisions:
1. The division of the budget.
2. The division of military and naval affairs.
3. The office of general services.
4. The division of state police.
5. The division of housing.
6. The division of alcoholic beverage control.
7. The division of human rights.
8. The division of homeland security and emergency services.
9. Office of information technology services.
The  governor  may  establish,  consolidate,  or  abolish   additional
  divisions and bureaus.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 3 - Executive Department › 32 - Authority Not to Renew.

§ 32. Authority  not  to  renew.  1. For the purposes of this section,
  "state agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau, division,
  commission, committee, public  authority,  public  benefit  corporation,
  council,  office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
  or proprietary function for the state.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  when  a  state  agency
  levies  fees  or  assesses  civil  fines  or  penalties for licensing or
  regulatory matters, such state agency shall, following consultation with
  the state department of law and after such appropriate  due  process  as
  required by the provisions of law applicable to such state agency and to
  such  licensing  or  regulatory  matters,  not  be required to renew any
  license,  permit,  or  certificate  of  qualification,   authority,   or
  operation,  of any business, individual, or other entity, which is not a
  state agency, municipal corporation or  district  corporation,  if  such
  business,  individual  or other entity has failed to pay or enter into a
  written agreement to settle outstanding fees, civil penalties  or  fines
  assessed by such state agency.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 40 - Department of Audit and Control; Comptroller.

§ 40. Department  of  audit  and  control;  comptroller.  There  shall
  continue to be in  the  state  government  a  department  of  audit  and
  control.
1.  The  head  of  the  department  of  audit and control shall be the
  comptroller. He shall be paid an annual salary of one hundred  fifty-one
  thousand five hundred dollars.
2.  The  organization  of  the  department  of  audit  and  control is
  continued until changed by or  pursuant  to  law.  The  comptroller  may
  establish  such divisions, bureaus, sections and units in the department
  as he may deem necessary and may consolidate, alter or  abolish  any  of
  them.
3.  The  functions  of  the  comptroller,  and  his  powers and duties
  pertaining thereto, shall be exercised and performed in  the  department
  of  audit and control by the comptroller and by such divisions, bureaus,
  sections, units and officers in the department as he may designate.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 41 - Deputies and Assistants; Undertakings.

§ 41. Deputies and assistants; undertakings.  1. The comptroller shall
  appoint   eight  deputies,  one  of  whom  shall  be  the  first  deputy
  comptroller. Such deputies shall receive annual salaries to be fixed  by
  the  comptroller  within  amounts  appropriated  therefor.  Each of such
  deputies may perform any of the powers or duties of the comptroller.
2. The comptroller also may appoint such  other  officers,  assistants
  and  employees as he may deem necessary for the exercise and performance
  of his powers and duties and those of  the  department.  Such  officers,
  assistants and employees shall receive such compensation as may be fixed
  by the comptroller within the amounts appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 41-A - Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York.

§ 41-a. Deputy  comptroller  for  the city of New York. In addition to
  the deputies otherwise authorized by law, the comptroller shall, by  and
  with  the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a deputy comptroller
  for the city of New York. Such deputy may be removed or replaced by  the
  comptroller  and  shall  receive  an  annual  salary  to be fixed by the
  comptroller within the amounts appropriated therefor.  Such  deputy  may
  perform  any  of  the  powers  or duties of the comptroller and he shall
  assist the New York state financial control board  created  pursuant  to
  section  five of the New York state financial emergency act for the city
  of New York in carrying out and exercising the responsibilities assigned
  and powers granted to such board.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 42 - Supervision of Money Paid Into Court.

§ 42. Supervision  of  money  paid into court.   The comptroller shall
  have power, at any time, to  examine  the  books,  papers,  records  and
  accounts  of  any  public  office  or  officer  of  the state, or of any
  subdivision of the state in anywise relating  to  moneys  or  securities
  paid into court or ordered by any court of record or required by statute
  to be so paid.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 43 - Examiners.

§ 43. Examiners.  1. Whenever the comptroller may deem it necessary to
  enable  him to perform the duties imposed upon him by law with regard to
  the inspection, examination and audit of the fiscal affairs of the state
  or  of  the  several   officers,   departments,   institutions,   public
  corporations  or  political subdivisions thereof, he may assign the work
  of such inspection, audit and examination to any examiner  or  examiners
  appointed by him pursuant to law.
2.  The  comptroller  is authorized to employ such examiners as he may
  deem necessary to carry out the provisions of law  in  relation  to  his
  duty as to money paid into court.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 44 - Records and Data in Aid of Audit; Destruction of Certain Papers.

§ 44. Records and data in aid of audit; destruction of certain papers.
  1. Where powers and duties of the comptroller relate to moneys, funds or
  securities  of  the  state,  or to state appropriations, or to funds and
  securities administered under state supervision, or  to  obligations  of
  the  state  or of state agencies, the comptroller, except as provided in
  subdivision two of this section, shall preserve  all  data  and  records
  pertaining  to  his acts and proceedings in the exercise and performance
  of such powers and duties, and of his  transactions  with  other  public
  officers,   and   with   corporations  and  individuals,  in  connection
  therewith, to the end that the necessary  information  acquired  by  him
  through  such  acts,  proceedings  and  transactions may be at all times
  available as an aid to the comptroller and his successors in  exercising
  the  functions  of  audit  of  vouchers,  official accounts, accrual and
  collection of revenues  and  receipts,  and  of  prescribed  methods  of
  accounting.
2.   Notwithstanding   any   other  provision  of  this  article,  the
  comptroller may destroy any of the following  described  papers  now  or
  hereafter  in  the  custody of the department of audit and control after
  they have been in such custody six years or more:
a. Estimates  and  requisitions  of  state  departments,  commissions,
  boards, bodies, officers and institutions;
b. Working papers;
c. Unsuccessful bids;
d. Any other papers which, in the judgment of the comptroller, are not
  and  will  not  be  of  use  in  connection  with  audits,  accounts and
  accountings, accrual and collection of revenues and receipts or payments
  of moneys from the state treasury or from  any  fund  or  funds  in  his
  custody.
The  comptroller  shall  not  destroy any papers which in his judgment
  might be of  historic  value  without  first  submitting  a  description
  thereof  to  the  commissioner of education and obtaining his consent to
  their destruction. This subdivision shall not authorize the  destruction
  of  any  papers  the preservation or production of which shall have been
  directed by  a  court  or  judge  for  the  purposes  of  an  action  or
  proceeding.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 45 - Authority to Represent the State as Owner of Abutting Property.

§ 45. Authority  to represent the state as owner of abutting property.
  Whenever by law owners of property abutting upon a street or highway, or
  any  number  or  percentage  thereof,  are  authorized  to  petition  or
  otherwise  initiate  any  proceeding  respecting  the use, occupation or
  improvement of such street or highway, or the consent of such owners  or
  of  any  number  or  percentage  thereof  is  a prerequisite to the use,
  occupation or improvement of a street or  highway,  the  comptroller  in
  behalf  of  the  state,  upon  the  approval of the attorney-general, is
  authorized to join in any petition, take any action or  consent  to  the
  use,  occupation  or  improvement of such a street or highway, affecting
  the property of the state abutting upon such street or highway, with the
  same  force  and  effect,  and  subject  to  the  same  limitations  and
  conditions, as the owners of other property abutting upon such street or
  highway.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 46 - Office of Welfare Inspector General.

§ 46. Office  of welfare inspector general. 1. There is hereby created
  in the department of audit and control an office  of  welfare  inspector
  general.  The head of the office shall be the welfare inspector general,
  who  shall  be  appointed by the comptroller, by and with the advice and
  consent of the senate.
2. The comptroller shall fix the compensation of the welfare inspector
  general within the amounts appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 47 - Organization of Offices; Officers and Employees.

§ 47. Organization    of   offices;   officers   and   employees.   1.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the welfare inspector
  general may, from time to time, subject to the  approval  of  the  state
  comptroller,   create,  abolish,  transfer  and  consolidate  divisions,
  bureaus and other units within the office as he may determine  necessary
  for the efficient operation of the office.
2.  The  welfare inspector general may, subject to the approval of the
  state comptroller, appoint  such  deputies,  directors,  assistants  and
  other officers and employees as may be needed for the performance of his
  duties  and may prescribe their powers and fix their compensation within
  the amounts appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 49 - Cooperation and Assistance of Other Agencies.

§ 49. Cooperation  and  assistance  of  other  agencies. The office of
  welfare inspector  general  may  request  from  any  department,  board,
  bureau,  commission  or  other  agency  of  the  state and its political
  subdivisions, and the same are authorized and directed to provide,  such
  cooperation  and assistance, services and data as will enable the office
  properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties.  As an  incident
  to  rendering such cooperation and assistance, all governmental agencies
  shall be required to submit a written response to the office of  welfare
  inspector  general respecting its reports and findings when so requested
  by said office. Section one hundred thirty-six of  the  social  services
  law  shall in no way be construed to restrict any person or governmental
  body from  cooperating  and  assisting  the  welfare  inspector  general
  hereunder.  Section  six  hundred ninety-seven or any other provision of
  the tax law shall in no way be  construed  to  restrict  the  office  of
  welfare  inspector  general  from  obtaining  the  name, address, social
  security number, employment history and number of dependents claimed for
  any individual certified  by  the  welfare  inspector  general,  or  his
  designee, to be a welfare recipient and suspected of abusing, defrauding
  or otherwise violating the welfare system.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4 - Department of Audit and Control › 50 - Referral of Evidence.

§ 50. Referral  of  evidence. 1. Upon the discovery of evidence of the
  commission of a crime by any person, the welfare inspector general shall
  refer such evidence to the district attorney of the county in which  the
  alleged  crime  occurred,  for  the  appropriate action of such district
  attorney.
2. Upon the discovery of evidence of a violation by a social  services
  official  or  employee  of  the  laws, rules or regulations of the state
  regarding welfare administration, the welfare  inspector  general  shall
  refer  such  evidence  to  the state commissioner of social services for
  appropriate action of such commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4-A - Office of the State Inspector General › 51 - Jurisdiction.

§  51.  Jurisdiction.  This  article shall, subject to the limitations
  contained herein, confer upon the office of the state inspector general,
  jurisdiction over all covered agencies. For the purposes of this article
  "covered  agency"  shall  include   all   executive   branch   agencies,
  departments,   divisions,   officers,  boards  and  commissions,  public
  authorities (other than multi-state or multi-national authorities),  and
  public  benefit  corporations,  the  heads of which are appointed by the
  governor and which do not have their own inspector general  by  statute.
  Wherever  a covered agency is a board, commission, a public authority or
  public benefit corporation, the head of the agency  is  the  chairperson
  thereof.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 4-A - Office of the State Inspector General › 52 - Establishment and Organization.

§  52.  Establishment and organization. 1. There is hereby established
  the office of the state inspector general in the  executive  department.
  The head of the office shall be the state inspector general who shall be
  appointed by the governor.
2.  The state inspector general shall hold office until the end of the
  term of the governor by whom he or she was appointed and  until  his  or
  her successor is appointed and has qualified.
3.  The  state  inspector general shall report to the secretary to the
  governor.
4. The  state  inspector  general  may  appoint  one  or  more  deputy
  inspectors  general  to  serve  at  his  or  her  pleasure, who shall be
  responsible for conducting investigations in the agencies to which  they
  are designated and in which they are deemed employed.
5.  The  salary  of  the inspector general shall be established by the
  governor within  the  limit  of  funds  available  therefore;  provided,
  however, such salary shall be no less than the salaries of certain state
  officers holding the positions indicated in paragraph (a) of subdivision
  one of section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law.
2023 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.
2023 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.
* 8. Appoint an independent monitor to provide guidance and  technical
  assistance related to the policies, practices, programs and decisions of
  the  Orange  county  industrial  development  agency,  as  authorized in
  subdivisions two, three, four and five of section nine hundred twelve of
  the general municipal law.
* NB Repealed May 3, 2026
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
5.  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.
2023 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.
2023 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.