§ 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.