N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19, § 1203.2 – Program for administration and enforcement.

(a) Every city, village, town, and county responsible for administration and enforcement of either or both of the codes shall establish a code enforcement program to provide for such administration and enforcement by local law, ordinance, or other appropriate regulation. Such code enforcement program shall include the features and provisions described in section 1203.3 of this Part.
(b) Where the State is responsible under section 1201.2(d) of this Title for administration and enforcement of the Uniform Code, the State agency or agencies determined in accordance with the provisions of Part 1204 of this Title shall administer and enforce the codes in accordance with Part 1204 of this Title and section 1203.3(j) of this Part. For the purposes of section 1203.3(j)(5) of this Part, the period fixed by the code enforcement program of such State agency, as the interval between periodic condition assessments, shall not exceed three years.
(c) Every State agency responsible under section 1201.2 of this Title for administration and enforcement of the Uniform Code and not otherwise included in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall provide for administration and enforcement of the codes in regulation. Any such regulation shall include the features described in section 1203.3 of this Part.
(d) Every authority having jurisdiction responsible for administration and enforcement of the Uniform Code shall exercise its powers in due and proper manner so as to extend to all people of the State protection from the hazards of fire and inadequate building construction. Every authority having jurisdiction responsible for administration and enforcement of the Energy Code shall exercise its powers in due and proper manner so as to further the purposes of article 11 of the Energy Law, as applicable.
(e) An authority having jurisdiction may contract directly with an individual or business entity to perform building safety inspector enforcement activities or code enforcement official enforcement activities (as those terms are defined in Part 1208 of this Title) on behalf of the authority having jurisdiction, subject to the following conditions:
1. (1) where an authority having jurisdiction contracts directly with an individual or a business entity to perform any building safety inspector enforcement activities on behalf of such authority having jurisdiction, the authority having jurisdiction shall satisfy itself that each individual performing such contracted-for building safety inspector enforcement activities has qualifications comparable to those of a person who has met the requirements of Part 1208 of this Title applicable to building safety inspectors;
2. (2) where an authority having jurisdiction contracts directly with an individual or a business entity to perform any code enforcement official enforcement activities on behalf of such authority having jurisdiction, the authority having jurisdiction shall satisfy itself that each individual performing such contracted-for code enforcement official enforcement activities has qualifications comparable to those of a person who has met the requirements of Part 1208 of this Title applicable to code enforcement officials;
3. (3) no agreement shall be made by which building permits, certificates of occupancy, temporary certificates of occupancy, certificates of compliance, orders, appearance tickets, or other similar documents related to administration and enforcement of either or both of the codes are issued by other than public officers of the authority having jurisdiction;
4. (4) special inspections (as defined in the Uniform Code), including but not limited to, electrical inspections, elevator inspections, welding inspections, and smoke control system inspections are not considered to be building safety inspector enforcement activities or code enforcement official enforcement activities (as defined in Part 1208 of this Title). Accordingly, a special inspector performing a special inspection is not performing a building safety inspector enforcement activity or a code enforcement official enforcement activity and is not required to have qualifications comparable to those of a person who has met the requirements of Part 1208 of this Title. However, an authority having jurisdiction shall not accept or rely upon a special inspection unless the person performing such special inspection;
  1. (i) is a qualified person employed or retained by an agency that has been approved by the authority having jurisdiction; and
  2. (ii) has been approved by the authority having jurisdiction as having the competence necessary to inspect a particular type of construction requiring such special inspection.
(f) The persons, offices, departments, agencies, or combinations thereof, authorized and responsible for administration and enforcement of either or both of the codes, or any portion thereof, shall be clearly identified.