N.Y. LAB Law § 391
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Jurisdiction over mercantile and other establishments
Official statutory text
§ 391. Jurisdiction over mercantile and other establishments. 1. The\ncommissioner shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this\nchapter relating to mercantile establishments, business offices,\ntelegraph offices, restaurants, hotels, apartment houses, theaters or\nother places of public amusement, bowling alleys, barber shops, shoe\npolishing establishments, the distribution or transmission of\nmerchandise, articles or messages, or the distribution or sale of\narticles.\n 2. The commissioner shall cause proper inspections to be made. No\nperson shall interfere with or prevent such inspections. All persons\nconnected with any such mercantile or other establishment herein\nspecified shall properly answer all questions asked by such inspector\nwith reference to any of the provisions of this article.\n
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