* § 852 . Powers and duties of the board. The board may create and
organize any operational units under the board as it may determine to be
necessary for efficient and effective operation. The board shall assign
appropriate functions to any such unit and may appoint such staff,
agents and consultants as it may deem necessary and prescribe their
duties and fix their compensation within the appropriation.

The board shall have the power and duty to:

1. review the allocation of Public Law 93-203 (as amended) public
service jobs by each prime sponsor of such jobs, and make
recommendations to such prime sponsors for a more effective and
equitable allocation of available public service jobs within the
community served by the prime sponsor when, in the opinion of the board,
the allocation of such jobs is not equitable and/or does not contribute
to the general improvement of the economy of the state, nor to a
restoration of a balance between the private and public sectors of the
state's economy and/or does not comply with all such public law, rules
and regulations, especially section 99.1 (c) which specifies that at
least fifty percent of persons hired for such public law public service
jobs be persons who are long-term unemployed and recipients of aid to
families with dependent children; and

2. continuously monitor the allocation of such public law public
service jobs by each prime sponsor in the state of New York, and make
recommendations to the prime sponsors with respect to ways to improve
the effectiveness and equity of allocations; and

3. conduct inquiries and investigations into the operation of
comprehensive employment and training act programs of prime sponsors in
the state of New York and forward its conclusions and recommendations to
the state manpower services council and the United States secretary of
labor; and

4. receive and investigate allegations of failures by prime sponsors
or any officers, directors, agents or employees of prime sponsors to
comply with such public law and its several rules and regulations and to
report such allegations and any findings or opinions of the board
thereon to the state manpower services council and to the United States
secretary of labor; and

5. continuously monitor the cooperation of state and county
manpower-related agencies in comprehensive employment and training act
programs conducted by prime sponsors including the enforcement by state
and local social services officials of section one hundred sixty-four of
the social services law; and

6. request from the state manpower services council within the state
department of labor and from any other department, board, bureau,
commission or other agency of the state and its political subdivisions,
including prime sponsors, and the same are authorized and directed to
provide, such cooperation and assistance, services and data as will
enable the board properly to carry out its functions, powers and duties;
and

7. make a quarterly report to the governor and to the legislature
commencing June first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, which shall be a
public document describing and explaining the allocation of such public
law public service jobs within each prime sponsor community, and prepare
and issue such other studies and reports as it deems advisable to assist
each prime sponsor within the state of New York.

* NB Expired March 31, 1979