N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 131: Duties of commissioner

§ 131. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner of public safety shall

have cognizance, jurisdiction, supervision and control of the

government, administration, disposition and discipline of the police

department, fire department, buildings department and health department,

and of the officers and members of said departments, and shall possess

and exercise fully and exclusively all powers and perform all duties

pertaining to the government, maintenance and direction of said

departments, and the apparatus and property thereof and buildings

furnished therefor, and shall have the general direction and supervision

of the expenditure of all moneys appropriated to said departments. He

shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as may be

prescribed by the law or by ordinance of the common council.