New York Laws
Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions
21 - Investigations.

ยง 21. Investigations. A municipal commission, a municipal personnel
officer, a regional commission or a regional personnel officer, for the
purpose of investigating the enforcement and effect of the provisions of
this chapter and the rules established thereunder in the service under
the jurisdiction of such commission or personnel officer shall have the
same powers which are granted to the state civil service commission by
the third and fourth subdivisions of section six of this chapter.