NY Gen Mun L § 800 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 18 - Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees 800 - Definitions.

§  800.  Definitions.  When  used in this article and unless otherwise   expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires:1.  "Chief  fiscal  officer"  means  a  comptroller,  commissioner  of   finance,  director of finance or other officer possessing similar powers   and duties, except that in a school district the term shall not  mean  a   member of the board of education or a trustee thereof.2.  "Contract" means any claim, account or demand against or agreement   with  a  municipality,  express  or  implied,  and  shall  include   the   designation  of  a  depository  of public funds and the designation of a   newspaper, including but not limited to an official newspaper,  for  the   publication  of  any  notice, resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding   where such publication is required or authorized by law.3. "Interest" means a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit   accruing to a municipal officer or employee as the result of a  contract   with  the  municipality  which  such officer or employee serves. For the   purposes of this article a municipal officer or employee shall be deemed   to have an interest in the contract of (a) his  spouse,  minor  children   and  dependents,  except  a contract of employment with the municipality   which such officer or  employee  serves,  (b)  a  firm,  partnership  or   association  of  which such officer or employee is a member or employee,   (c) a corporation of which such  officer  or  employee  is  an  officer,   director  or  employee and (d) a corporation any stock of which is owned   or controlled directly or indirectly by such officer or employee.4.  "Municipality"  means  a  county,  city,  town,  village,   school   district,  consolidated health district, county vocational education and   extension  board,  public  library,  board  of  cooperative  educational   services,  urban  renewal agency, a joint water works system established   pursuant to chapter six hundred  fifty-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen   hundred twenty-seven, or a town or county improvement district, district   corporation,  or  other  district or a joint service established for the   purpose of carrying on, performing or financing one or more improvements   or  services  intended  to  benefit  the  health,  welfare,  safety   or   convenience  of the inhabitants of such governmental units or to benefit   the real property within such units, an  industrial  development  agency   but  shall  have  no  application  to  a city having a population of one   million or more or to a county, school district, or other public  agency   or facility therein.5.  "Municipal  officer or employee" means an officer or employee of a   municipality,  whether  paid  or  unpaid,  including  members   of   any   administrative board, commission or other agency thereof and in the case   of  a  county,  shall  be deemed to also include any officer or employee   paid from county funds. No person shall be  deemed  to  be  a  municipal   officer or employee solely by reason of being a volunteer firefighter or   civil defense volunteer, except a fire chief or assistant fire chief.6.   "Treasurer"  means  a  county  treasurer,  city  treasurer,  town   supervisor, village treasurer, school district treasurer, fire  district   treasurer,  improvement  district  treasurer,  president  of  a board of   health of a consolidated health district, county vocational  educational   and  extension  board  treasurer,  treasurer  of  a board of cooperative   educational  services,  public  general  hospital  treasurer,  or  other   officer possessing similar powers and duties.