2006 New York Code - Organization, Composition And Strength Of The New York Guard.

 
    § 166. Organization,  composition  and strength of the New York guard.
  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, whenever in his  judgment
  the  effectiveness of the New York guard will be thereby increased or in
  order to  conform  the  organization  of  the  New  York  guard  to  the
  organization  of  such state military forces as may be prescribed by the
  laws of  the  United  States  and  regulations  issued  thereunder,  the
  governor  may organize, activate, increase, change, divide, consolidate,
  disband, reactivate or reorganize any unit, headquarters, staff or cadre
  of the New York guard and may prescribe the  composition  and  types  of
  units,  the  type of organization and the system of drill or instruction
  to be used in training such units; and for such purposes the governor is
  authorized to fix, increase  or  decrease  the  strength  of  any  unit,
  headquarters,  staff or cadre of the New York guard including the number
  of commissioned officers, warrant  officers,  non-commissioned  officers
  and   other   enlisted   personnel  of  any  grade  in  any  such  unit,
  headquarters, staff or cadre, and  to  alter  the  grades  of  officers,
  warrant officers and non-commissioned officers.