N.Y. State Finance Law § 9: Subpoenas; oaths

§ 9. Subpoenas; oaths. The comptroller, deputy comptrollers and

assistant deputy comptroller, or either of them, may issue a subpoena or

subpoenas requiring a person or persons to attend before the

comptroller, a deputy comptroller or assistant deputy comptroller and be

examined in reference to any matter within the scope of the inquiry or

investigation being conducted by the comptroller, and, in a proper case,

to bring with him, a book or paper. A subpoena issued under this

section shall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules. The

comptroller and deputy comptroller or assistant deputy comptroller or

any person designated in writing by them may administer an oath to a

witness in any such inquiry or investigation.

This section shall not be construed to abrogate or limit the powers

granted to the comptroller or examiners of municipal accounts as

provided in section thirty-five of the general municipal law.