N.Y. Public Health Law § 366: Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; powers and duties

§ 366. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer;

powers and duties. 1. The commissioner of health or the health officer

in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five

thousand shall:

(a) exercise all the powers and be charged with all the duties now or

hereafter conferred upon or required of local boards of health or local

health officers by the laws of this state so far as the same pertain to

cities, except as limited or extended by the provisions of this article;

and,

(b) possess such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed

by ordinance of the common council or similar legislative authority by

this chapter or otherwise by law.