N.Y. LAB Law § 852*

* § 852 . Powers and duties of the board. The board may create and\norganize any operational units under the board as it may determine to be\nnecessary for efficient and effective operation. The board shall assign\nappropriate functions to any such unit and may appoint such staff,\nagents and consultants as it may deem necessary and prescribe their\nduties and fix their compensation within the appropriation.\n The board shall have the power and duty to:\n 1. review the allocation of Public Law 93-203 (as amended) public\nservice jobs by each prime sponsor of such jobs, and make\nrecommendations to such prime sponsors for a more effective and\nequitable allocation of available public service jobs within the\ncommunity served by the prime sponsor when, in the opinion of the board,\nthe allocation of such jobs is not equitable and/or does not contribute\nto the general improvement of the economy of the state, nor to a\nrestoration of a balance between the private and public sectors of the\nstate's economy and/or does not comply with all such public law, rules\nand regulations, especially section 99.1 (c) which specifies that at\nleast fifty percent of persons hired for such public law public service\njobs be persons who are long-term unemployed and recipients of aid to\nfamilies with dependent children; and\n 2. continuously monitor the allocation of such public law public\nservice jobs by each prime sponsor in the state of New York, and make\nrecommendations to the prime sponsors with respect to ways to improve\nthe effectiveness and equity of allocations; and\n 3. conduct inquiries and investigations into the operation of\ncomprehensive employment and training act programs of prime sponsors in\nthe state of New York and forward its conclusions and recommendations to\nthe state manpower services council and the United States secretary of\nlabor; and\n 4. receive and investigate allegations of failures by prime sponsors\nor any officers, directors, agents or employees of prime sponsors to\ncomply with such public law and its several rules and regulations and to\nreport such allegations and any findings or opinions of the board\nthereon to the state manpower services council and to the United States\nsecretary of labor; and\n 5. continuously monitor the cooperation of state and county\nmanpower-related agencies in comprehensive employment and training act\nprograms conducted by prime sponsors including the enforcement by state\nand local social services officials of section one hundred sixty-four of\nthe social services law; and\n 6. request from the state manpower services council within the state\ndepartment of labor and from any other department, board, bureau,\ncommission or other agency of the state and its political subdivisions,\nincluding prime sponsors, and the same are authorized and directed to\nprovide, such cooperation and assistance, services and data as will\nenable the board properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties;\nand\n 7. make a quarterly report to the governor and to the legislature\ncommencing June first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, which shall be a\npublic document describing and explaining the allocation of such public\nlaw public service jobs within each prime sponsor community, and prepare\nand issue such other studies and reports as it deems advisable to assist\neach prime sponsor within the state of New York.\n * NB Expired March 31, 1979\n