N.Y. Executive Law § 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.