N.Y. Labor Law § 10: Department of labor; commissioner of labor

§ 10. Department of labor; commissioner of labor. There shall continue

to be in the state government a department of labor. The head of the

department shall be the commissioner of labor. The commissioner of

labor shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and

consent of the senate and hold office until the end of the term of the

governor by whom he was appointed, and until his successor is appointed

and has qualified. The present commissioner of labor shall be the head

of such department and shall hold office until the expiration of his

present term and until his successor is appointed and has qualified,

subject to the provisions of the public officers law. Whenever the

industrial commissioner is referred to or designated in any law, rule,

regulation, contract or document heretofore or hereafter enacted,

adopted or executed, such reference or designation shall be deemed to

refer to the commissioner of labor.