303 - Enforcement.

§  303.  Enforcement.  1.  Except  as  herein  otherwise provided, the  provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the  department  charged  with  the enforcement of laws, ordinances and regulations in relation to  multiple dwellings.    1-a. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter,  the  department  shall have the power to subpeona witnesses, administer oaths  and take testimony, compel the production of books, papers, records  and  documents  and  to hold public or private hearings, subject to the right  of any person who shall appear hereunder to be represented by counsel of  his own choosing, at any such hearing. The department may designate  one  or  more  of  its  members, officers or employees to exercise any one or  more of such powers.    2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to  abrogate  or  impair  the  powers of any department or of the courts to enforce the provisions  of  any  local  law,  ordinance,  rule,  regulation   or   charter   not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter,  or  to  prevent violations or punish  violators thereof.