N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 12-315: § 12-315 Delegation of powers.

The director, with the approval of at least five other members of the board of collective bargaining, may delegate to independent and impartial private institutions those functions of the office of collective bargaining relating to (a) the maintenance of registers of mediators, arbitrators, and members of impasse panels, (b) the submission of the names of persons on the impasse panel and arbitration registers for selection by parties to negotiations or to a grievance, and (c) the conduct of representation and decertification elections.