N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 96: Superintendent of parks

§ 96. Superintendent of parks. Unless otherwise provided by law, the

commissioner of public works shall appoint, to hold office during his

pleasure, a superintendent of parks, who shall have, under the direction

of the commissioner, the supervision, care, management and control of

all the parks of the city and of such portions of the streets as pass

through or intersect the same, and of the shade trees of the city.

Subject to the direction of the commissioner and to the ordinances of

the common council, he shall prescribe the powers and duties of his

subordinates and shall, except as otherwise provided by law, superintend

the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for park purposes. He shall

keep an account of such expenditures and shall approve all claims

against the city on account thereof before submission to the comptroller

for audit. The superintendent, under the direction of the commissioner,

may make all ordinary repairs and improvements upon the parks and such

intersecting streets, may employ all laborers needed thereon, and fix

their wages, subject to the approval of the commissioner and the board

of estimate and apportionment. Except as otherwise provided by law, he

shall conduct, with the aid of the corporation counsel, all negotiations

and proceedings for the acquisition of lands for park purposes, when the

same shall have been authorized by ordinance of the common council and

approved by the board of estimate and apportionment. He shall make such

rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the ordinances of the

common council and laws of the state, as he shall deem proper for the

government, management and care of the parks and of the streets in and

through the same, and of such other streets, being approaches thereto,

as may be designated by ordinance of the common council as parkways, and

such rules and regulations, when approved by the common council, shall

have the force and effect of city ordinances. The superintendent shall

have such other powers and be charged with such other duties, not

inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and the laws of the

state, as the commissioner may direct, or as the common council by

ordinance may define and prescribe.