Section 27-3005. Jurisdiction, powers and duties of the commissioner

a. The
  commissioner  is  authorized to exercise all powers necessary to enforce
  the  electrical  code  and  the  electrical  code  technical  standards,
  including but not limited to the power to:
    1.  Promulgate  rules respecting the installing, altering, maintaining
  or repairing of (i)  electric  wires  and  wiring  apparatus  and  other
  appliances  used  or  to be used for the transmission of electricity for
  electric light, heat, power, signaling,  communication,  alarm  or  data
  transmission  and  (ii)  low  voltage  electrical  wiring  in  or on any
  building, premises or lot in the city of New York.
    2. Cause any wiring or appliances for electrical light, heat or  power
  to  be  examined and inspected, and the approval thereof to be certified
  in writing,
    (a) by an officer or employee of the department designated by  him  or
  her for that purpose, or
    (b)  by  any  inspection  agency  certified  by  the  commissioner  in
  accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner, or
    (c) when such wiring or appliances are located in a building owned  by
  the city or any city agency, (i) by a licensed professional engineer, or
  (ii)  by a person with a baccalaureate degree in electrical engineering,
  or (iii) by any person who holds the job title of  electrical  inspector
  or  any  job title equivalent thereto, as classified by the commissioner
  of citywide administrative services pursuant to  section  eight  hundred
  fourteen   of   the  charter;  provided,  however,  that  such  licensed
  professional  engineer  or  person  with  a  baccalaureate   degree   in
  electrical  engineering  or  person  holding the job title of electrical
  inspector shall not have performed the work to be inspected and shall be
  an officer or employee of the city  agency  which  contracted  for  such
  work.
    3.  Order the remedying of any defect or deficiency in the installing,
  altering or repairing of electric wires and wiring apparatus  and  other
  appliances  used  or  to be used for the transmission of electricity for
  electric light, heat, power, signaling,  communication,  alarm  or  data
  transmission.
    4.  Cause  any  order issued by him or her which has not been complied
  with to be enforced and to take any civil  or  criminal  proceedings  or
  actions for its enforcement.
    5.  Order  any  person  or corporation engaged in supplying electrical
  energy to discontinue such supply as specified  in  such  order  if  the
  wiring  or  appliances  for  electric  light,  heat,  power,  signaling,
  communication, alarm or data transmission shall be dangerous to  persons
  or property therein.
    6.  (a)  Promulgate rules fixing the date, scope and subject matter of
  examinations of applicants to become licensed as master electricians and
  special electricians and, upon  recommendation  of  the  license  board,
  promulgate  rules  respecting the issuance, suspension and revocation of
  such licenses.
    (b) Promulgate rules fixing the date,  scope  and  subject  matter  of
  examinations  of  applicants  for certification as low voltage installer
  and  respecting  the  issuance,  suspension  and  revocation   of   such
  certification.
    7.  Appoint, in accordance with the rules of the department and at his
  or her discretion, special boards or committees  to  provide  advice  or
  assistance in the implementation, interpretation, variation or amendment
  of any provision of the electrical code or the electrical code technical
  standards or any rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
    8. Promulgate rules regarding the issuance of approvals for the use of
  electrical   appliances  and  materials  and  the  granting  of  special

  permission to use wiring or appliances in cases involving  the  exercise
  of his or her discretion and in cases not covered by this chapter.
    9.  Designate as prescribed in section 14-106 of title fourteen of the
  code, with the consent of the police  commissioner,  certain  electrical
  inspectors  as  special patrolmen of the police department. Such special
  patrolmen shall possess powers to perform the duties of and  be  subject
  to  the  orders,  rules  and regulations of the police department in the
  same manner as regular patrolmen. Each special patrolman  shall  have  a
  badge  and  card, as furnished by the police department. He or she shall
  have power to issue summonses returnable in the New York  city  criminal
  court, covering violations of this chapter.
    b.  The foregoing provisions are detailed statements of certain powers
  possessed by the commissioner and shall not be construed as limiting his
  or her authority.