N.Y. ERL Law § 7

§ 7. Cooperation with other governmental agencies. 1. The commission\nshall cooperate with the federal government and other appropriate\ngovernmental agencies in effectuating the purposes of this act, and\nshall endeavor to procure and may accept from the federal housing\nexpediter and other officers and agencies of the federal government and\nfrom the temporary city housing rent commission of the city of New York\nsuch cooperation, information, records and data as will assist the\ncommission in effectuating such purposes.\n 2. The commission may request and shall receive cooperation and\nassistance in effectuating the purposes of this act from all\ndepartments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or agencies of the\nstate and political subdivisions thereof. The commissioner and state\nrent administrator shall be deemed to be an officer included within the\nprovisions of section one hundred sixty-one of the executive law, and\nshall be accorded all the rights and privileges of the officers\nspecified in subdivision one of said section.\n