N.Y. Public Health Law § 360: Certain cities; department of public health; establishment

§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1.

The common council or similar legislative body of each city having a

population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not

by special law established a department of health, is hereby authorized

and empowered by ordinance to abolish its board of health and in its

place to create, establish and maintain a department of public health.

2. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty

thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and the health officer in

cities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall be the head

of such department.