§ 535. Counsel for social services commissioner. (a) The corporation
counsel of the city of New York shall represent the social services
commissioner of such city in all proceedings under this article in which
the commissioner is the petitioner.

(b) In any county outside the city of New York in which attorneys have
been appointed pursuant to section sixty-six of the social services law,
such attorneys may represent the social services commissioner of such
county in all proceedings under this article in which the commissioner
is the petitioner.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, in any
county outside the city of New York, the county attorney, or an attorney
designated by the county executive, if there be one, otherwise by the
board of supervisors, shall represent the social services commissioner
of the county in all proceedings under this article in which the
commissioner is the petitioner.