N.Y. Transportation Law § 422: Powers and duties of the commissioner

§ 422. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner is

hereby authorized:

1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized transportation

infrastructure renewal project unless otherwise provided for in law.

2. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized municipal

transportation infrastructure renewal project unless otherwise provided

for in law, within the limitations of appropriations available therefor,

pursuant to contract between the commissioner and the municipality

undertaking such project.

3. To utilize federal moneys available or which may become available

to the state, or to a municipality in the form of federal assistance,

for the purposes of effectuating the provisions of this article.

4. To enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation or

agency, private or governmental, for the purpose of effectuating the

provisions of this article.

5. To prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem appropriate

to effectuate the provisions of this article, including but not limited

to rules and regulations governing the form, content and submission of

applications by municipalities for state financial assistance for

municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects.

6. To approve vouchers for the payment of state financial assistance

to persons, firms, corporations or agencies, private and governmental,

and municipalities pursuant to contracts for the accomplishment of

municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects.

7. To establish or cause to be established by the department of

commerce a New York state content program which shall provide for

notification to New York contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of

opportunities to bid on contracts for projects financed under this

article, and to promulgate procedures which will assure the compliance

of such notification prior to awarding bids, and to require that

contractors submit, as supplementary materials to their bids, documented

evidence of their efforts to encourage the participation of New York

suppliers and subcontractors on transportation infrastructure renewal

projects financed pursuant to this article.

8. To perform such other and additional acts as he deems necessary or

desirable to effectively carry out the provisions of this article.