2012 New York Consolidated Laws
SCC - Second Class Cities
Article 11 - (170 - 174) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
171 - Powers and duties of commissioner.

 
    § 171. Powers   and   duties  of  commissioner.  The  commissioner  of
  charities shall have the general care,  management,  administration  and
  supervision   of   the   charities,  almshouses,  hospitals,  houses  of
  correction, orphan asylums  and  all  other  similar  institutions,  the
  control  or  government of which belongs or is intrusted to the city. He
  shall make regulations for the expenditure of  the  moneys  appropriated
  for the support or relief of the poor and for the general supervision of
  such  expenditures.  He shall investigate fully the circumstances of all
  persons alleged to be destitute or without proper means of  support,  or
  without  proper  guardianship, or who are in danger of becoming or are a
  public burden in any  respect;  and  also  the  circumstances  of  their
  relatives  or other persons whose duty it is to relieve or maintain them
  or contribute to their support; also to institute and prosecute any  and
  all  actions  and  proceedings  authorized  by law to compel any and all
  persons liable for the care, maintenance, education or  support  of  any
  such  destitute  or  dependent  persons  to  contribute  thereto, and to
  indemnify the city  and  public  against  any  expenditures  on  account
  thereof.  He  shall  also  prosecute  any and all bonds, undertakings or
  recognizances given for any of the purposes herein mentioned or  in  any
  manner  relating thereto. Any and all moneys recovered in any such suit,
  action or proceeding or otherwise  paid  to  or  received  by  the  said
  commissioner  on  account of the care, maintenance, relief, education or
  support of any such persons shall be deposited by the commissioner  with
  the  city  treasurer  as a trust fund, and the same shall be applied and
  expended by the said commissioner for the purpose on  account  of  which
  the  same  were paid. Any surplus remaining in said fund at the close of
  the fiscal year shall be treated  as  an  unexpended  balance  of  money
  appropriated  for such department. The commissioner shall furnish to and
  file with the comptroller a monthly statement in detail of all  receipts
  and  expenditures, including the aid and relief granted by him, with the
  names and addresses of all recipients.