Section 422. Powers and duties of the commissioner

The commissioner is
  hereby authorized:
    1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized  transportation
  infrastructure renewal project unless otherwise provided for in law.
    2.  To  provide  for  the  accomplishment  of any authorized municipal
  transportation infrastructure renewal project unless otherwise  provided
  for in law, within the limitations of appropriations available therefor,
  pursuant  to  contract  between  the  commissioner  and the municipality
  undertaking such project.
    3. To utilize federal moneys available or which may  become  available
  to  the  state,  or to a municipality in the form of federal assistance,
  for the purposes of effectuating the provisions of this article.
    4. To enter into contracts  with  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or
  agency,  private  or  governmental,  for the purpose of effectuating the
  provisions of this article.
    5. To prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem  appropriate
  to  effectuate the provisions of this article, including but not limited
  to rules and regulations governing the form, content and  submission  of
  applications  by  municipalities  for  state  financial  assistance  for
  municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects.
    6. To approve vouchers for the payment of state  financial  assistance
  to  persons,  firms, corporations or agencies, private and governmental,
  and municipalities pursuant  to  contracts  for  the  accomplishment  of
  municipal transportation infrastructure renewal projects.
    7.  To  establish  or  cause  to  be  established by the department of
  commerce a New York  state  content  program  which  shall  provide  for
  notification  to  New  York contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of
  opportunities to bid on  contracts  for  projects  financed  under  this
  article,  and  to promulgate procedures which will assure the compliance
  of such notification  prior  to  awarding  bids,  and  to  require  that
  contractors submit, as supplementary materials to their bids, documented
  evidence  of  their  efforts  to encourage the participation of New York
  suppliers and subcontractors on  transportation  infrastructure  renewal
  projects financed pursuant to this article.
    8.  To perform such other and additional acts as he deems necessary or
  desirable to effectively carry out the provisions of this article.