In re Schenectady Knights of Columbus Building Ass'n

Designation of Wall street, Schenectady, N. Y., as a one-way street is a legislative act requiring direct grant of power to the local authority exercising it. The Legislature could have given this power to the commissioner of public safety (Wilcox v. McClellan, 385 N. Y. 9), but chose to give it to the common council. (Second Class Cities Law, art. 4, § 30.) The duties of the commissioner of public safety are set forth in section 131 of the Second Class Cities Law. He has no legislative power.

The attempt of the common council by ordinance to lodge with the commissioner of public safety its…