Section 152. Actions to restrain nuisances

The commissioner is authorized,
  by and with the advice and consent of the corporation  counsel,  in  the
  name  of  the  city,  to  maintain  actions  to  restrain the threatened
  performance of any act contrary to his orders, directions, decisions  or
  ordinances  or  those  of  the superintendent of public buildings or any
  violation of the rules and regulations of the  department  of  buildings
  and  to restrain and abate nuisances; and for the purpose of obtaining a
  temporary  injunction  in  any  such  action  no  undertaking  shall  be
  required.