2006 New York Code - Delegation Of Powers.

 
    §  12-315  Delegation of powers. The director, with the approval of at
  least five other members of the  board  of  collective  bargaining,  may
  delegate   to  independent  and  impartial  private  institutions  those
  functions of the office of collective bargaining  relating  to  (a)  the
  maintenance  of  registers  of  mediators,  arbitrators,  and members of
  impasse panels, (b) the submission  of  the  names  of  persons  on  the
  impasse  panel  and  arbitration  registers  for selection by parties to
  negotiations or to a grievance, and (c) the  conduct  of  representation
  and decertification elections.