{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-360","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 360","heading":"Certain cities; department of public health; establishment","body":"§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1.\nThe common council or similar legislative body of each city having a\npopulation of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not\nby special law established a department of health, is hereby authorized\nand empowered by ordinance to abolish its board of health and in its\nplace to create, establish and maintain a department of public health.\n  2. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty\nthousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and the health officer in\ncities having a population of less than fifty thousand shall be the head\nof such department.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 3. Local Health Organization","Title 4. Certain Cities"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/360","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"2a80c444cdcba4a0c3080a9cfdd783b09651437ba5f7befcab41d0051ee146c2","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-357","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-361"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}