Syracuse, N.Y., Rev. Gen. Ord. ch. 27 § 27-112

(a) The division shall be empowered to adopt rules and regulations necessary for securing such compliance and for its own organization and internal management, provided that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this Code.
(b) It shall be the duty of the director:
(1) To cause periodic inspections to be made of all premises within the scope of this Code;
(2) To cause an investigation of all complaints of alleged violations or other unsafe or unsanitary conditions;
(3) To request the corporation counsel to take appropriate legal action upon failure of the responsible party to comply with any notice of violation within the time specified herein;
(4) To cooperate with other municipal governmental and private agencies engaged in the survey, study and improvement of housing conditions as set forth in section 5-180(1) of the Charter of the city of Syracuse--1960, as amended by Local law No. 3 of 1962, and Section 5-707 of said Charter, as amended by Local Law No. 4 of 1962.
(c) To keep records of all complaints, inspections made and violations found regarding premises regulated by this Code. Records of inspections made and violations found shall be available for examination and copying in accordance with Chapter 41 of the Revised General Ordinances of the city of Syracuse entitled Public Access to Records and commonly known as the Freedom of Information Law.