All City officers shall be duly qualified pursuant to the requirements
of the Public Officers Law, except that an official undertaking is
not required unless otherwise required by state law.
No person shall hold more than one City office at a given time.
The term of office of an elective officer shall commence on
the first day of January next after his or her election in accord
with the Public Officers Law, unless elected to fill an existing vacancy
or otherwise fixed by law.
Existing departments, offices and commissions of City government
shall continue as set forth in the Code of the City of Albany and
as established by local laws presently in effect. The Common Council
is authorized to create, alter, combine or abolish departments, offices
and commissions and to prescribe or modify their powers and duties
by a duly enacted local law.