2006 New York Code - Powers And Duties Of The Commissioner.

 
    * §  21-503 Powers and duties of the commissioner. Except as otherwise
  provided by law, the commissioner shall have the power and it  shall  be
  the  commissioner's  duty  to perform the following functions and duties
  relating to the transitional jobs program:
    1. To ensure that at least sixty  percent  of  all  participants  were
  receiving family assistance at the time of their certification, and that
  at  least forty percent of all participants were either receiving safety
  net assistance, were unemployed for at least six months or had exhausted
  their unemployment insurance at the time  of  their  certification.  The
  commissioner  shall  also  ensure  that  at  least  fifty percent of all
  participants faced serious barriers to employment or were  participating
  in  the  work  experience  program  at  the time of their certification.
  Serious barriers to employment shall include, but not be limited  to,  a
  lack  of  basic  work-related  skills,  a high school diploma or English
  proficiency. In addition, any person who is  either  a  teen  parent,  a
  former  substance  user,  disabled,  homeless  or  a  victim of domestic
  violence, or any person who  has  a  criminal  record,  HIV/AIDS  or  an
  HIV/AIDS-related  illness or any other life-threatening illness shall be
  presumed to face serious barriers to employment;
    2. To establish an application  procedure  for  those  individuals  to
  participate in the transitional jobs program;
    3.  To  request  that  community-based  organizations  and  all  local
  government  agencies,  including  private  industry   councils,   social
  services   intake   centers  and  unemployment  offices,  publicize  the
  existence of the transitional jobs program to those individuals who  may
  be eligible to participate in such program;
    4. To notify recipients of family assistance and safety net assistance
  of  their  right  to  apply  for  participation in the transitional jobs
  program;
    5.  To  certify  eligible  individuals  for   participation   in   the
  transitional jobs program, to promptly notify such certified individuals
  of  their  certification  in  writing,  and  to  establish a list of all
  certified individuals for use by the sponsoring organizations;
    6. To develop an assessment formula to evaluate the  job  skills,  the
  prior  work  and educational experience and the case management needs of
  each certified individual,  and  to  provide  such  information  to  the
  appropriate sponsoring organization;
    7.   To   ensure   that  the  sponsoring  organizations  provide  each
  participant with the necessary case management to help  the  participant
  to  succeed  in  the  transitional  jobs  program,  build his or her job
  skills, and enhance his or her chances of securing permanent  employment
  after participating in the transitional jobs program;
    8.  To  ensure  that participants are informed of their eligibility to
  receive state and federal earned  income  tax  credit  and  are  offered
  assistance in applying for advance payment of such credit;
    9.  To  ensure that each community-based organization is in compliance
  with section 21-505(g) of this chapter, and to  further  ensure  that  a
  community-based   organization  that  submits  false  information  under
  section 21-505(g) of this  chapter  shall  not  be  permitted  to  be  a
  sponsoring  or affiliated organization in the transitional jobs program;
  and
    10. To ensure that the powers and duties of the  commissioner  as  set
  forth in this section are carried out by public employees.
    * NB  The  validity  of local law 14 of 2000 is currently a subject of
  disagreement between the Mayor and the City Council. This  certification
  is  not intended as a legal opinion as to the validity of the local law,
  other than certifying the truth of the facts presented herein.
    * NB There are 2 § 21-503's