Section 678. Advisory board


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  • a. There shall be in the department an advisory
      board consisting of eleven members.
        b.  It  shall  be the duty of the board to advise the commissioner and
      make recommendations. The board shall submit an  annual  report  of  its
      activities to the mayor.
        c.  The members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor and shall
      serve at the pleasure of the mayor. Five of the  members,  one  resident
      from  each  of  the five boroughs of New York city, shall be recommended
      for appointment by a  majority  vote  of  the  council  members  of  the
      respective borough.
        d.  The  mayor  shall  designate one of the members of the board to be
      chairman and one to be vice chairman, neither of whom shall be employees
      of the city of New York.
        e. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.