N.Y. VAT Law § 1603

§ 1603. Delegation of powers. (a) Any or all of the powers granted by\nthis chapter to the legislative body of a city or village or to the New\nYork state thruway authority, the office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation, the department of environmental conservation, the\ndepartment of agriculture and markets, the industrial exhibit authority,\na county park commission, a parkway authority, a bridge authority or a\nbridge and tunnel authority may be delegated to any official, board or\nagency thereof designated by it or designated by law. If any authority\nor commission herein mentioned shall cease to exist, its powers as\ngranted by this chapter shall devolve upon the state or municipal\ncorporation succeeding to the property, functions, powers and duties of\nsuch authority or commission, as the case may be, and may be delegated\nby its legislative body to any official, board or agency thereof as\ndesignated by it or by law.\n (b) Any or all of the powers to adopt orders, rules or regulations\ngranted by this chapter to the legislative body of any city having a\npopulation in excess of one million, whether through provisions\napplicable to cities generally or applicable specifically to any such\ncity, may be exercised in such city, with respect to any highway, park,\nbridge or tunnel therein, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)\nof this section, by any official, board or agency thereof authorized by\nlaw, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, to\npromulgate traffic regulations with respect to such place, unless and\nuntil any such power shall be transferred to any other official, board\nor agency of such city by local law or state statute.\n (c) Any or all of the powers to adopt orders, rules, regulations or\nhealth code provisions in relation to transportation of combustibles,\nchemicals, explosives, inflammables or other dangerous substances,\narticles, compounds or mixtures granted by this title to the legislative\nbody of any city having a population in excess of one million may be\nexercised by the official, board or agency having the power immediately\nprior to the effective date of this section, to promulgate regulations\nor health code provisions governing such matters, unless and until a\ndifferent official, board or agency is designated by local law or state\nstatute to exercise such power.\n (d) In any case where any provision of this title grants to the\nlegislative body of any city having a population in excess of one\nmillion any power to adopt orders, rules, regulations or health code\nprovisions not possessed by such legislative body or any official, board\nor agency of such city, immediately prior to the effective date of this\nsection, such power may be exercised by the official, board or agency\nauthorized by law, immediately prior to the effective date of this\nsection, to promulgate traffic regulations applicable generally\nthroughout such city, unless and until a different official, board or\nagency is designated by local law or state statute to exercise such\npower, provided that any such power with respect to any park or highway\nunder the jurisdiction of a commissioner of parks or a department of\nparks, shall be exercised by the official, board or agency having the\npower, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, to\npromulgate traffic regulations with respect to such park or highway,\nunless and until a different official, board or agency is designated by\nlocal law or state statute to exercise such power, and provided further\nthat any such power in relation to transportation of combustibles,\nchemicals, explosives, inflammables or other dangerous substances,\narticles, compounds or mixtures shall be exercised by the official,\nboard or agency having the power, immediately prior to the effective\ndate of this section, to promulgate regulations or health code\nprovisions governing such matters, unless and until a different\nofficial, boar
r in relation to transportation of combustibles,\nchemicals, explosives, inflammables or other dangerous substances,\narticles, compounds or mixtures shall be exercised by the official,\nboard or agency having the power, immediately prior to the effective\ndate of this section, to promulgate regulations or health code\nprovisions governing such matters, unless and until a different\nofficial, board or agency is designated by local law or state statute to\nexercise such power.\n (e) Any or all of the powers granted by this title to the town board\nof a town, except those set forth in paragraphs one, five, nine, fifteen\nand twenty of subdivision (a) of section sixteen hundred sixty may be\ndelegated to any official, board or agency designated by it or by law.\n