N.Y. Educ. Law § 311

§ 311. Powers of commissioner upon appeals or petitions, et cetera.\nThe commissioner, in reference to such appeals, petitions or\nproceedings, shall have power:\n 1. To regulate the practice therein.\n 2. To determine whether an appeal shall stay proceedings, and\nprescribe conditions upon which it shall or shall not so operate.\n 3. To decline to entertain or to dismiss an appeal, when it shall\nappear that the appellant has no interest in the matter appealed from,\nand that the matter is not a matter of public concern, and that the\nperson injuriously affected by the act or decision appealed from is\nincompetent to appeal.\n 4. To make all orders, by directing the levying of taxes or otherwise,\nwhich may, in his judgment, be proper or necessary to give effect to his\ndecision.\n