N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 614

§ 614. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n 1. "County", any county of the state other than one wholly embraced\nwithin a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that\nconstitutes a health district.\n 2. "City", each city of the state having a population of one million\nor more, according to the last preceding federal census.\n 3. "Municipality", a county or city.\n 4. "Governing body", the board of supervisors of a county or the\ncommon council, city council or other legislative body of a city or\ncounty.\n 5. "Local commissioner of health", the officer who administers and\nmanages public health programs within a county who is appointed pursuant\nto section three hundred fifty-one of this chapter and who has the\ngeneral powers and duties specified in section three hundred fifty-two\nof this chapter and the commissioner of health in a city having a\npopulation of more than one million.\n 6. "Public health director", a person, including a county health\ndirector, who, with appropriate medical consultation, administers and\nmanages public health programs within a county, or a city having a\npopulation of less than two hundred fifty thousand, and who meets the\nqualifications as prescribed pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five\nof this chapter.\n