New York Second Class Cities Law Article 9 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

• 130 - Commissioner of Public Safety; Appointees.
  The commissioner of public safety shall be the head of the department of public safety. He may appoint, to hold office during his pleasure, a...
• 131 - Duties of Commissioner.
  The commissioner of public safety shall have cognizance, jurisdiction, supervision and control of the government, administration, disposition and discipline of the police department, fire department,...
• 132 - Deputy Commissioner.
  The deputy commissioner shall have authority to administer oaths and take evidence, affidavits and acknowledgments in all matters and proceedings pertaining to the department. He...
• 133 - Rules, Orders and Regulations.
  The commissioner of public safety shall make, adopt and enforce such reasonable rules, orders and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be reasonably necessary...
• 134 - Constitution of Police and Fire Departments.
  The police and fire departments shall, as to their membership and component parts, remain as now constituted until the same shall be changed by action...
• 135 - Membership.
  No person shall be appointed to membership in the police or fire departments of the city, or continue to hold membership therein, who is not...
• 136 - Terms of Office.
  All members of the police and fire departments, subject to the power of removal hereinafter specified, shall hold their respective offices during good behavior or...
• 137 - Discipline.
  If a charge may be made by any person against any officer or member of the police or fire departments that he has been negligent...
• 138 - Appeal From Determination of Commissioner.
  In case any such officer or member is aggrieved by the determination of the commissioner on any trial of charges, as specified in the preceding...
• 139 - Exemptions.
  No member of the police or fire department shall be liable to military or jury duty or to arrest on criminal or civil process while...
• 140 - Pension Funds.
  The provisions of law governing the establishment and maintenance of pension funds for the benefit of members of the police and fire departments shall be...
• 141 - Chief of Police.
  The chief of police shall have the power and it shall be his duty to enforce all rules and regulations of the commissioner of public...
• 142 - Powers and Duties of Members of Police Department.
  The members of the police department, other than surgeons, in criminal matters have all the powers of police officers under the general laws of the...
• 143 - Service of Process.
  All criminal process for any offense committed within the city, and all process to recover or to enforce any penalty for the violation of any...
• 144 - Political Activity Prohibited.
  Any officer or member of the police department who violates any provision of section 17-110 of the election law shall be dismissed from office.
• 145 - Department of Health.
  The commissioner of public safety shall exercise all the powers and be charged with all the duties conferred upon or required of local boards of...
• 146 - Health Officer.
  No person shall be eligible to appointment as health officer unless he shall be a physician and surgeon duly licensed to practice under the laws...
• 147 - Deputy Health Officer.
  The health officer by the authority and under the direction of the commissioner of public safety may appoint a deputy, to hold office during his...
• 148 - Appeals From Orders of Health Officer.
  Any person aggrieved by an order, decision or direction of the health officer, may appeal therefrom to the commissioner, who may affirm, reverse or modify...
• 149 - Inspection of Public Buildings.
  The health officer and superintendent of buildings may inspect and advise as to the proper heating, ventilation and drainage of public buildings under the control...
• 150 - Approval of Plans for Sewers and Drains.
  All plans for sewers and drains shall be submitted to the health officer for his approval before contracts are let for the construction of the...
• 152 - Actions to Restrain Nuisances.
  The commissioner is authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the corporation counsel, in the name of the city, to maintain actions to...
• 153 - Duty in Case of Peril to Public Health.
  In case of great and imminent peril to the public health of the city, by reason of impending pestilence, it shall be the duty of...
• 154 - Public Health Law Applicable.
  The public health law, so far as it pertains to cities, shall be applicable to cities of the second class, except as herein expressly modified.
• 155 - Subordinates.
  The superintendent of buildings may appoint such subordinates as may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment to hold office during his pleasure,...
• 156 - Duties of Superintendent.
  In addition to the duties of the superintendent of buildings prescribed herein, or otherwise by law, the common council shall by ordinance prescribe his duties,...
• 157 - Application of Chapter Limited.
  Where, by special or local laws affecting the city, a superintendent of buildings is provided for, the provisions of this chapter shall not affect the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019