N.Y. Social Services Law § 202: Construction and administration of public homes

§ 202. Construction and administration of public homes. 1. No building

to be used as a public home shall be constructed, or remodeled, in whole

or in part, except on plans and designs approved in writing by the

department provided that such approval in writing in the city of New

York shall be by the mayor of said city, and except that plans and

designs for the construction of or remodeling in whole or in part of a

public home infirmary, or the infirmary of a public home, shall be

approved in accordance with the provisions of article twenty-eight of

the public health law.

2. It shall be the duty of the department to send to the legislative

body and the public welfare official in charge of a public home a

written statement as to any abuses, defects or evils, which it may find

in the public home or in the administration thereof, and such

legislative body and official shall take action to remedy such condition

in accordance with such advice.