2006 New York Code - Municipal Lodging Houses.

 
    §  21-114  Municipal  lodging  houses.  a. The commissioner shall have
  jurisdiction over, and it shall be his or her duty to take charge of all
  municipal  lodging  houses  belonging  to  or  hereafter   acquired   or
  established by the city.
    b.  It  shall be the duty of the commissioner or of the superintendent
  of any  municipal  lodging  house  acting  under  such  commissioner  or
  superintendent, to provide for any applicants for shelter who, in his or
  her  judgment,  may  properly  be received, plain and wholesome food and
  lodging for a night, free of charge, and also to cause  such  applicants
  to  be  bathed  on  admission  and  their  clothing  to  be  steamed and
  disinfected.