Section 677. Powers and duties of the commissioner

The commissioner shall:
    a.  establish,  initiate,  control,  maintain  and  operate secure and
  non-secure facilities for the temporary care and maintenance  away  from
  their  own  homes  only  of  children  alleged  to  be or adjudicated as
  juvenile delinquents  and  only  of  children  alleged,  adjudicated  or
  convicted  as  juvenile offenders in detention as defined in subdivision
  one of section five hundred ten-a of the executive law,
    b. have the power to contract with other public and  private  agencies
  for  such  services,  in  order  to  ensure that adequate, suitable, and
  conveniently accessible accommodations and proper care will be available
  when  required  for  detention,  within  the  appropriations   available
  therefor,
    c.  establish  such  regulations  for  the  operation  of  secure  and
  non-secure detention facilities as may be necessary and not inconsistent
  with state or local law or with applicable rules and regulations of  any
  state  or  city  agency  having  jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other
  provision  of  law,  the  commissioner  shall  provide  or  secure   the
  availability   of   conveniently   accessible  and  adequate  non-secure
  detention facilities, certified by the  state  division  for  youth,  as
  resources  for the courts in the city of New York pursuant to provisions
  of the family court act, the criminal procedure law,  and  section  five
  hundred ten-a of the executive law,
    d.  develop,  implement  and  maintain  systems  to collect, store and
  disseminate data concerning juvenile delinquency, juvenile crime and the
  juvenile justice system,
    e.  participate  with  other  city  agencies   in   the   development,
  implementation and maintenance of a juvenile justice information system,
  to include (i) an index of records of the Family Court and Department of
  Probation  related to proceedings conducted pursuant to Article 3 of the
  Family Court Act, and (ii) other information, including but not  limited
  to  age,  sex,  race,  date  of  birth, charges, dispositions, warrants,
  calendar information and case management data connected with such cases,
  such records to be made available to the  Family  Court,  the  Probation
  Department,  and  an  agency with which the child is placed or committed
  upon request, and otherwise to be kept confidential except  as  provided
  by law,
    f.  plan, develop, conduct and supervise programs, including diversion
  and aftercare for previously detained juveniles, for the  prevention  of
  juvenile  delinquency  and  juvenile  crime  and  for  youths  arrested,
  charged, adjudicated or convicted  of  having  committed  delinquent  or
  criminal  acts,  and  to  conduct  research  and  demonstration projects
  related thereto.