§ 7. Cooperation with other governmental agencies. 1. The commission
shall cooperate with the federal government and other appropriate
governmental agencies in effectuating the purposes of this act, and
shall endeavor to procure and may accept from the federal housing
expediter and other officers and agencies of the federal government and
from the temporary city housing rent commission of the city of New York
such cooperation, information, records and data as will assist the
commission in effectuating such purposes.

2. The commission may request and shall receive cooperation and
assistance in effectuating the purposes of this act from all
departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or agencies of the
state and political subdivisions thereof. The commissioner and state
rent administrator shall be deemed to be an officer included within the
provisions of section one hundred sixty-one of the executive law, and
shall be accorded all the rights and privileges of the officers
specified in subdivision one of said section.