N.Y. Labor Law Section 852*
Powers and duties of the board

The board may create and organize any operational units under the board as it may determine to be necessary for efficient and effective operation. The board shall assign appropriate functions to any such unit and may appoint such staff, agents and consultants as it may deem necessary and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation within the appropriation. The board shall have the power and duty to:

1.

review the allocation of Public Law 93-203 (as amended) public service jobs by each prime sponsor of such jobs, and make recommendations to such prime sponsors for a more effective and equitable allocation of available public service jobs within the community served by the prime sponsor when, in the opinion of the board, the allocation of such jobs is not equitable and/or does not contribute to the general improvement of the economy of the state, nor to a restoration of a balance between the private and public sectors of the state’s economy and/or does not comply with all such public law, rules and regulations, especially section 99.1 (c) which specifies that at least fifty percent of persons hired for such public law public service jobs be persons who are long-term unemployed and recipients of aid to families with dependent children; and

2.

continuously monitor the allocation of such public law public service jobs by each prime sponsor in the state of New York, and make recommendations to the prime sponsors with respect to ways to improve the effectiveness and equity of allocations; and

3.

conduct inquiries and investigations into the operation of comprehensive employment and training act programs of prime sponsors in the state of New York and forward its conclusions and recommendations to the state manpower services council and the United States secretary of labor; and

4.

receive and investigate allegations of failures by prime sponsors or any officers, directors, agents or employees of prime sponsors to comply with such public law and its several rules and regulations and to report such allegations and any findings or opinions of the board thereon to the state manpower services council and to the United States secretary of labor; and

5.

continuously monitor the cooperation of state and county manpower-related agencies in comprehensive employment and training act programs conducted by prime sponsors including the enforcement by state and local social services officials of section one hundred sixty-four of the social services law; and

6.

request from the state manpower services council within the state department of labor and from any other department, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state and its political subdivisions, including prime sponsors, and the same are authorized and directed to provide, such cooperation and assistance, services and data as will enable the board properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties; and

7.

make a quarterly report to the governor and to the legislature commencing June first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, which shall be a public document describing and explaining the allocation of such public law public service jobs within each prime sponsor community, and prepare and issue such other studies and reports as it deems advisable to assist each prime sponsor within the state of New York. * NB Expired March 31, 1979

Source: Section 852* — Powers and duties of the board, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LAB/852* (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

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