New York Department; Commissioner.




 
    §  431.    Department;  commissioner.    a.    There shall be a police
  department the head of which shall be the police commissioner who  shall
  be  appointed by the mayor and shall, unless sooner removed, hold office
  for a term of five years.
    b.  Whenever in the judgment of the mayor or the governor  the  public
  interests  shall so require, the commissioner may be removed from office
  by either, and shall be ineligible for reappointment thereto.
    c.    Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of   police
  commissioner,  a  police  commissioner  shall  be appointed by the mayor
  within ten days thereafter.