New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 4662. Powers of the commissioner

(a) develop, in consultation with the director of the state office for the aging, consumers, operators of assisted living residences and home care service agency providers, a consumer information guide to inform and assist the consumer in the selection of an assisted living residence;

(b) promulgate, in consultation with the director of the state office for the aging, such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article;

(c) receive and investigate complaints regarding the condition, operation and quality of care of any entities holding themselves out as assisted living, or advertising themselves by a similar term;

(d) make necessary investigations to procure information required to implement the provisions of this article;  and

(e) exercise all other powers and functions as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article.