N.Y. GMU Law § 498-A
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Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities
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§ 498-a. Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the\ncharter of any city, or any special or local law, provides that the\nmayor or manager of such city is the chief law enforcement officer\nthereof, then and in that event such mayor or manager, as the case may\nbe, shall have, exercise and perform all the powers and duties otherwise\nprescribed by this article to be exercised and performed by the\ngoverning body of such city except those prescribed by section four\nhundred seventy-eight hereof, and in any such case, the term "governing\nbody of a municipality" as used in this article shall be deemed to mean\nand include the mayor or manager of any such city.\n
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