N.Y. General City Law § 121: Powers of the authority

§ 121. Powers of the authority. The authority, by and through its

board, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:

1. To coordinate and assist in activities in the city relating to drug

control;

2. To establish in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities for

persons with substance use disorders. Such facilities shall include, but

shall not be limited to:

a. detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of

persons with substance use disorders;

b. a treatment center where persons with substance use disorders may

obtain professional counseling from physicians, psychologists,

psychiatrists and where possible, other persons with substance use

disorders;

c. half-way houses to provide continuing treatment for persons with

substance use disorders.

3. To create a referral program whereby persons with substance use

disorders and persons and agencies concerned with their treatment will

make use of the aforementioned treatment facilities;

4. To encourage and, when so requested, assist cooperative efforts

among state and city agencies in developing solutions to the drug

problem;

5. To establish one or more treatment districts within the city based

on geography and population density; and to employ a referral counselor

in each treatment district;

6. To encourage and foster, if possible, the use of former drug

abusers and persons formerly addicted to drugs as staff personnel;

7. To develop preventative educational programs and in the city of New

York, to assist narcotic guidance councils of community boards in the

development of such programs;

8. Outside the city of New York, to act as agent for the city in

accepting any public or private funds which may be made available to the

city to combat the problems of drug abuse;

9. To make a continuing evaluation of the preventative educational

techniques and pharmacological and psychiatric treatment procedures used

in the city;

10. To utilize former drug abusers and ex-addicts in educational

counseling and make periodic evaluations of their effectiveness;

11. To establish youth centers to provide individual and group therapy

and develop constructive work habits;

12. To develop a program designed to educate and enlighten parents on

detection, prevention and treatment of problems relating to drug use and

in the city of New York to assist narcotic guidance councils of

community boards in the development of such programs.