N.Y. General Municipal Law § 498-a: Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities

§ 498-a. Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the

charter of any city, or any special or local law, provides that the

mayor or manager of such city is the chief law enforcement officer

thereof, then and in that event such mayor or manager, as the case may

be, shall have, exercise and perform all the powers and duties otherwise

prescribed by this article to be exercised and performed by the

governing body of such city except those prescribed by section four

hundred seventy-eight hereof, and in any such case, the term "governing

body of a municipality" as used in this article shall be deemed to mean

and include the mayor or manager of any such city.