N.Y. Labor Law § 656: Action by commissioner upon wage board report

§ 656. Action by commissioner upon wage board report. When the wage

board submits its report and recommendations to the commissioner, the

commissioner shall forthwith file them with the secretary of the

department. Within five days of their receipt, the commissioner shall

publish a notice of such filing in at least ten newspapers of general

circulation in the state. Any objections to the report and

recommendations shall be filed with the commissioner within fifteen days

after such publication. The commissioner may, if he deems it

appropriate, order oral argument, which shall be scheduled before the

commissioner, or such representative as he may designate, on five days'

notice to the persons who have filed objections to the report and

recommendations. Whether or not oral argument is scheduled, the

commissioner shall by order accept or reject the board's report and

recommendations within forty-five days after filing with the secretary

of the department. The commissioner may by such order modify the

regulations recommended by the board. Such order of the commissioner

shall become effective thirty days after publication, in the manner

prescribed in this section, of a notice of such order. The commissioner

may, within such forty-five days, confer with the wage board, which may

make such changes in its report or recommendations as it may deem fit.

The commissioner also may, within such forty-five days, remand the

matter to the board for such further proceeding as he may direct.