N.Y. EXC Law § 653
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Powers and duties
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§ 653. Powers and duties. The director shall assist the governor with\nregard to relations between the state and its employees. Such assistance\nmay include acting as the governor's agent in discharging the powers and\nduties conferred on the governor by the public employees' fair\nemployment act, as amended, including, without limitation, conducting\ncollective negotiations with recognized or certified employee\norganizations and executing agreements reached pursuant thereto. The\ndirector shall have such other and further powers and duties as may from\ntime to time be conferred upon him by law and as the governor may from\ntime to time request. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to\nenlarge, diminish or otherwise change any power or duty of the governor\nor legislature under said act or otherwise.\n
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