N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 4-202: § 4-202 Collection of rents.

The commissioner of citywide administrative services shall collect all rents, charges and any other sums payable or due to the city from any tenant, occupant or other person, under any lease, rental agreement, permit, license or otherwise, for occupancy, use and occupation or other use of real property of the city or any portion of such property, which the commissioner is under the duty to manage and superintend. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to collect rental or other charges for temporary occupancy, use and occupation or other use of property acquired by the city for public purposes between the time of the acquisition thereof and the time when the same can be actually utilized for the purpose for which it was acquired, and for occupancy, use and occupation or other use of all property which, having been originally acquired for public purposes, has ceased to be used for such purposes. All such rents, charges and other sums collected by the commissioner as provided in this section shall be paid by the commissioner daily to the commissioner of finance and a public record thereof shall be kept in the commissioner's office.