In relation to the renaming of the department of personnel as the department of citywide administrative services, and the transfer of functions from the …
NYC L.L. 1996/059
in effectL.L. 1996/059
Enactment date: 7/9/1996
Int. No. 787-A
By Council Members Pinkett, Pagan and Eristoff (by the request of the Mayor); also Council Member Ognibene
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to the renaming of the department of personnel as the department of citywide administrative services, and the transfer of functions from the department of general services to the department of citywide administrative services, the department of design and construction, and technical corrections relating to functions formerly performed by the department of general services now performed by the department of buildings, and to repeal chapter 59 of the charter concerning the department of general services, section 3-111 of the administrative code, relating to a city-wide safety program in the office of the mayor, section 3-406 of such code, relation to leases for public purposes, and sections 24-401 and 24-402 of such code, relation to qualifications of engineers appointed by the commissioner of general services.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 107. Any agency or officer to which are assigned by or pursuant to this local law any functions, powers and duties shall exercise such functions, powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the agency or officer by which the same were heretofore exercised and shall have power to continue any business, proceeding or other matter commenced by the agency or officer by which such functions, powers and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant or other document relating to the subject matter of such functions, powers or duties, and applicable to the agency or officer formerly exercising the same shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this local law, apply to the agency or officer to which such functions, powers and duties are assigned by or pursuant to this local law.
§ 108. Any rule or regulation in force on the effective date of this local law, and promulgated by an agency or officer whose power to promulgate such type of rule or regulation is assigned by or pursuant to this local law to some other agency or officer, shall continue in force as the rule or regulation of the agency or officer to whom such power is assigned, except as such other agency or officer may hereafter duly amend, supersede or repeal such rule or regulation.
§ 109. If any of the functions, powers or duties of any agency or part thereof is by or pursuant to this local law assigned to another agency, all records, property and equipment relating to such transferred function, power or duty shall be transferred and delivered to the agency to which such function, power or duty is so assigned.
§ 110. No existing right or remedy of any character accruing to the city shall be lost or impaired or affected by reason of the adoption of this local law.
§ 111. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this local law shall take effect, brought by or against the city or any agency or officer, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this local law or by anything herein contained; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any agency or officer party thereto may by or pursuant to this local law be assigned or transferred to another agency or officer, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the agency or the officer to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or pursuant to this local law.
§ 112. Whenever by or pursuant to any provision of this local law, functions, powers or duties may be assigned to any agency or officer which have been heretofore exercised by any other agency or officer, officers and employees in the classified city civil service who are engaged in the performance of such functions, powers or duties may be transferred to the agency to which such functions, powers or duties may be assigned by or pursuant to this local law.
§ 113. Any license, permit or other authorization in force on the effective date of this local law, and issued by an agency, where the power of such agency to issue such license, permit or authorization is assigned by or pursuant to this local law to another agency or officer, shall continue in force as the license, permit or authorization of such other agency, or officer, except as such license, permit or authorization may expire or be altered, suspended or revoked by the appropriate agency or office pursuant to law. Such license, permit or authorization shall be renewable in accordance with the applicable law by the agency or officer with such power pursuant to law, including this local law.
§ 114. The provisions of this local law shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or section of this local law, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this local law and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
§ 115. This local law shall take effect thirty days after its enactment into law.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-216073Fetched: 10/25/2026