§ 14. Powers and duties of the commissioner; generally. 1. In addition\nto the powers hereinafter granted, the commissioner, his counsel or any\nother officer or employee of the division specially designated by the\ncommissioner shall have the following powers:\n (a) assist in the preparation of legislation and formulate regulations\nin relation to authorities and their functions;\n (b) investigate into monopolies of building materials, and\nextortionate, illegal or unfair activities or practices affecting the\ncost of construction or production of buildings and cooperate with\nfederal and state investigating officers to end such abuses;\n (c) make reports from time to time to the governor with respect to\nmatters within his jurisdiction;\n (d) investigate into the affairs of authorities and into the dealings,\ntransactions or relationships of authorities with third persons;\n (e) administer oaths, take affidavits, hear testimony and take proof\nunder oath at public or private hearings;\n (f) make or order inspections of all places to which his duties\nrelate;\n (g) subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the\nproduction of books and papers pertaining to the investigations and\ninquiries authorized by this chapter and examine them in relation to any\nmatter he has power to investigate;\n (h) issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of\nthe state or unable to attend before him or are excused from attendance;\n (i) subject to the powers of the state comptroller or of municipal\ncomptroller, as the case may be, prescribe methods and forms for keeping\naccounts, records and books to be used by an authority;\n (j) require an authority to file periodic reports not more often than\nquarterly, covering its operations and activities, in a form prescribed\nby him;\n (k) investigate the possibility of negotiating a fixed annual wage for\nlaborers, workmen or mechanics employed in the housing industry\ngenerally for the purpose of stabilizing employment in such industry;\n (l) investigate into housing needs and conditions in the state and\ninto the means of improving such conditions; collect and distribute\ninformation relating to housing needs and conditions and methods of\ndealing therewith.\n (m) assist, participate in and otherwise cooperate with, at the\nrequest of, the person or persons or department of any county, city,\ntown, village or other local government charged with the enforcement of\nlaws, ordinances, codes and regulations in relation to multiple\ndwellings in the discharge of such duties.\n (n) enter into contracts with the federal government to receive grants\nto assist in financing tenant services; enter into contracts with and\ndistribute the proceeds of such grants to other state agencies and\nofficials, housing authorities, other public corporations, non-profit\nand other private organizations when, in the commissioner's discretion,\nsuch services might be better provided under such contracts.\n (o) apply for and contract with, or receive and accept assistance as\nan agent of the state, acting by and through the division of housing and\ncommunity renewal, in the form of gifts, grants, loans of funds or of\nproperty, or other aid in any form, from the federal government or any\nagency or instrumentality thereof for purposes of (i) providing housing\nfor persons of low income, (ii) the clearance, replanning,\nreconstruction and rehabilitation of substandard or insanitary housing\nor areas, (iii) the development or redevelopment of distressed,\ndeteriorated or underutilized communities or deteriorating\nneighborhoods, or (iv) the construction or rehabilitation of\nrecreational and other facilities incidental thereto, and to do any and\nall things which may be required under any federal law, regulation or\ncontract in connection with such assistance. No action pursuant to this\nparagraph shall be taken on behalf of or for the benefit of a unit of\nlocal government except
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