N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2797

§ 2797. Tick-borne disease institute. 1. There is hereby established\nwithin the department the tick-borne disease institute. The institute\nshall have responsibility for administering the provisions of this\narticle and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to\nlyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.\n 2. The commissioner shall appoint a director to the institute and may\nassign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this article.\n