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NY Gen Mun L § 72-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-E - Acquisition of Lands for Park and Parkway Purposes and Dedication of the Same by the Counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie.

§  72-e.  Acquisition  of  lands  for  park  and  parkway purposes and   dedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and  Erie.  The   board of supervisors of the county of Broome, Monroe or Erie may acquire   by  purchase,  gift, devise or acquisition pursuant to the provisions of   the eminent domain procedure law, real estate or  any  interest  therein   necessary  for  or  incidental  to  the  construction  of  a state park,   parkway, or boulevard or incidental to the separation of grades  at  the   intersection  of  the  state  parkway or boulevard and a county, town or   village road, highway or street, and may donate or dedicate the same  to   the  state  or may release to the state for such purpose existing rights   of way or easements not required  for  county  purposes.  The  board  of   supervisors  of  said  county  of  Broome, Monroe or Erie may cause such   moneys as may be required to pay for real estate or interest therein  so   acquired  to  be raised, in whole or in part, by taxation and levied and   collected as other taxes in such county or such moneys may be raised, in   whole or in part, pursuant to  the  local  finance  law.  In  the  event   involuntary proceedings are had to acquire lands for the above purposes,   then,  and  in  that  case, upon the   vesting of the title to the lands   described in the petition  as provided in the eminent  domain  procedure   law  said  lands  may  be  conveyed  by  warranty  deed  for  a  nominal   consideration by said county to the people of the state of New York,  if   and  when  it  becomes  necessary  to make such conveyance to effect the   purposes of this act.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-G - Expenses of Volunteer Firefighters Attending Training Schools and Instruction Courses.

§  72-g. Expenses of volunteer firefighters attending training schools   and instruction courses. 1. The chief officer of the fire department  of   a  municipal  corporation  or  fire  district,  subject  to any rules or   regulations governing  such  department,  may  authorize  the  volunteer   members  of  the  department  to  attend  training schools or courses of   instruction for firefighters.a. If any such school is located, or any such course is given, outside   the county or outside  one  of  the  counties  in  which  the  municipal   corporation  or  fire  district  is located, such authorization shall be   subject to the prior approval of the governing board  of  the  municipal   corporation or fire district.b. If any such school is located, or any such course is given, outside   the  state,  in addition to the approval required in paragraph a of this   subdivision, such authorization shall be subject to a finding  from  the   governing  board  that  such training course or school of instruction is   necessary and in the public interest  and  is  not  available  within  a   reasonable distance and time period in the state.c.  Notification  and proof of attendance of any out-of-state training   school from the chief officer shall be provided to the state  office  of   fire prevention and control.2.  The  governing board by resolution may provide for the payment, in   the same manner as other claims against  the  municipal  corporation  or   fire district are audited, allowed and paid, of all actual and necessary   registration  fees  not  in  excess  of fifty dollars and all actual and   necessary expenses of  travel,  meals  and  lodging  and  all  necessary   tuition  fees  incurred  by  such  volunteer members in attending such a   training school, or course of instruction, in this country or in Canada.3. If such travel is by car owned by the volunteer firefighter, he  or   she  may  be  paid a reasonable mileage allowance for each mile actually   and necessarily traveled by him or  her  in  attending  such  school  or   course  of  instruction.  Such  mileage  allowance  shall not exceed the   standard travel allowance for mileage adopted or prescribed for  federal   income  tax purposes. Any claim for such expenses or reimbursement shall   have endorsed thereon, or attached thereto, a  statement  by  the  chief   officer  of  the  fire  department  that  the  attendance  had been duly   authorized by him or her. The provisions of this section  shall  not  be   deemed  to have amended the provisions of subdivision one of section two   hundred nine of this  chapter  in  relation  to  participation  in  fire   training programs which are not conducted as training schools or regular   or special courses of instruction for firefighters.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-H - Sale, Lease and Transfer to Municipal Corporations of Certain Public Lands.

§  72-h. Sale, lease and transfer to municipal corporations of certain public lands. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general,  special or  local  law  or of any charter, the supervisors of a county, the town board of a town, the board of trustees of a village, the board  of  fire commissioners of a fire district, the board of estimate of a city, or if there  be  none  the local legislative body of such city, and, in a city having a population of one  million  or  more,  the  mayor,  subject  to disapproval  by  the  council  within  thirty  days following receipt of notice of the approval of the mayor, may sell, transfer or lease  to  or exchange  with  any  municipal  corporation  or  municipal corporations, school  district,  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,   fire district,  the state of New York, or the government of the United States and any agency or department thereof, either  without  consideration  or for  such  consideration  and upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by such officer or  body,  any  real  property  owned  by  such county,  town,  village,  fire  district  or  city;  and  any  municipal corporation or fire district may acquire or lease such real property  as provided in this section. The term of any lease entered into pursuant to the  provisions  of  this section shall not exceed ten years but nothing herein contained shall prevent the renewal of any such lease.  (b) The provisions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  real property  which is made inalienable under the provisions of any general, special or local law or of any charter.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-I - Acquisition of Lands and Erection of Memorial Buildings by Adjoining Villages.

§  72-i.  Acquisition  of  lands and erection of memorial buildings by   adjoining villages. The governing boards of two  or  more  villages,  of   which  at  least one boundary of any one adjoins that of any other, may,   upon the adoption of a proposition therefor by a majority  vote  of  the   electors of each such village, as herein provided, jointly acquire lands   and  erect  a  memorial  building,  or  lands with buildings thereon and   remodel such buildings as a memorial building or  remove  such  building   and  erect  a memorial building, in commemoration of the services of the   members of the armed forces of the United States in any of the  wars  of   the  United States.   Unless otherwise provided in the proposition voted   upon or unless otherwise agreed upon by the  governing  boards  of  each   participating  village,  the  share  of  each  such  village in the cost   thereof shall be in the same proportion as the ratio of  its  population   to the other participating village or villages. Money to be borrowed for   payment of the cost thereof shall be borrowed pursuant to the provisions   of  the  local  finance  law  and  each  village shall be subject to the   limitations therein contained.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-K - Parking Facilities and Appurtenances Within or Outside of the State Highway Right of Way.

* §  72-k.  Parking  facilities and appurtenances within or outside of   the state highway right of way. The governing body of any county,  city,   town  or  village  is  hereby  authorized and empowered to authorize and   direct such of its officers or agencies as it shall designate  to  enter   into  agreements  with  the state commissioner of transportation for the   assumption  of  all  the  rights  and  obligations  for  the  operation,   maintenance   and  control  of  parking  facilities  and  appurtenances,   including  connections  to  such  facilities,  as   provided   by   said   commissioner  of transportation pursuant to subdivisions thirty-nine and   forty of section ten of the highway law, and to  appropriate  and  spend   moneys of the county, city, town or village for that purpose.* NB There are 2 § 72-k's
NY Gen Mun L § 72-K-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-K*2 - Notification of Change in Use of Property Used for Recreational Purposes.

* 72-k.   Notification   of   change  in  use  of  property  used  for recreational purposes.   1. Whenever an owner of real property used for  recreational  purposes desires  to  change  the  use of such property he shall notify the chief executive officer of each municipal corporation in which the property is situated of his intention to so change the use. Such notification  shall be  made  by  certified  or registered mail and may be given at any time before the change in use becomes effective. The  notice  shall  indicate the  location  of the property, the use to which it is presently devoted and the proposed new use.   2. Failure to give notice pursuant to the provisions of  this  section shall  not  constitute a cloud on the title nor affect in any manner the title to the real property involved.   3. As used in this section the term:  (a) "Real property used for recreational purposes" shall  include  but not  be  limited  to  the utilization of real property for parks, picnic areas,  swimming  facilities,  golf  courses  and  other  such   similar facilities available to the general public.  (b) "Chief executive officer" shall mean:  (1)  In  the  case of a county, the county executive or manager, or if there is none, the chairman of the board of supervisors.  (2) In the case of cities, the mayor, except in those cities having  a city manager, it shall mean such city manager.  (3) In the case of towns, the supervisor.  (4)  In  the  case  of  villages,  the mayor, except in those villages having a president or manager, it shall mean such latter officer.  (c) "Change the use" shall mean the use of recreational property or  a portion   thereof   for   non-recreational  purposes  or  the  permanent discontinuance of such property or a portion  thereof  for  recreational purposes.   * NB There are 2 § 72-k's
NY Gen Mun L § 72-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-L - Navigation and Flood Control Improvements in Cooperation With the Federal Government.

§  72-l. Navigation and flood control improvements in cooperation with   the federal government. Any municipal  corporation  acting  through  its   governing  board  or other appropriate authority may; (1) cooperate with   the  federal  government  as  authorized  in  the  rivers  and   harbors   improvements  act  of March second, nineteen hundred forty-five, and any   federal laws amendatory and  supplemental  thereto  in  connection  with   works   of   improvement   for  navigation  and  flood  control  or  the   improvement,  development,  dredging,  utilization  or  control  of  the   watersheds  and  waterways within their boundaries; (2) contribute up to   one-half of the cost of such improvements as provided under such federal   laws and provide the funds required therefor by the use of  any  surplus   moneys  or  budget  funds available for such improvements or may provide   same pursuant to the provisions of the local finance  law;  (3)  furnish   free  of  cost  to the United States all lands, easements, rights of way   and spoil disposal areas for new work, dredged materials and  subsequent   maintenance  as  required  under  such  federal  laws,  and  acquire the   necessary  real  property  for  such  purpose  in  accordance  with  the   provisions  of  any appropriate general, special or local law applicable   to the acquisition of real property by such municipal  corporation;  (4)   contract  with  the  federal government including (a) agreements to hold   and save the United States free from claims for damages  resulting  from   the  execution  and maintenance of such improvements, and (b) such other   provisions, covenants and conditions as the federal agency  may  require   for  effectuating  the  federal  purposes;  (5) (a) apply for and accept   grants or other financial assistance,  under  existing  laws,  from  the   state  or county and (b) make agreements to hold and save such state and   county free from claims for damages resulting  from  the  execution  and   maintenance   of  such  improvements  and  (c)  such  other  provisions,   covenants and  conditions  as  the  state  or  county  may  require  for   effectuating such purposes.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-M - Appropriations for Bicentennial Celebration.

* §  72-m.  Appropriations  for  Bicentennial celebration. A municipal   corporation may after a public hearing appropriate annually a  sum  that   it  deems  appropriate  for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the   preparation and celebration  of  the  bicentennial  celebration  of  the   United States of America. The provisions of this section shall remain in   full  force  and  effect  until  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred   seventy-seven.* NB There are 2 § 72-m's* NB Expired December 31, 1977
NY Gen Mun L § 72-M-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-M*2 - Emergency Transportation Plans.

* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this   section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or   municipality  operating  a  public  transportation system and any county   within the geographical territory of any transportation authority  shall   prepare  and  publicize  a plan for transportation to be followed in the   event mass transportation services  are  discontinued  due  to  a  labor   dispute,  fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,   however, that in the case of the five counties comprising  the  city  of   New  York  such  plan  shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan   shall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall   provide for designation  of  emergency  routes  for  vehicular  traffic,   maximum  utilization  of  existing and emergency parking and alternative   mass  transportation  facilities  and  such  other   matters   as   such   transportation  authority,  city, county or municipality shall determine   appropriate.A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the  provisions   of  this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at   its Albany office. The department shall examine the plan  and  determine   its  feasibility.  The  plan  shall  be  made  available  to any and all   persons, corporations, departments  and  agencies  necessary  to  enable   timely   publication  and  implementation  in  the  event  of  any  such   emergency.* NB There are 2 § 72-m's
NY Gen Mun L § 72-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-N - Air Space and Air and Subsurface Areas.

§  72-n.  Air  space  and  air  and subsurface areas. 1. Any municipal   corporation acting through its governing board may, in addition to those   powers granted it by any other provision of law and notwithstanding  any   other  provision  of  law  to the contrary, lease to any person, firm or   corporation for business, commercial, private or other lawful  use,  the   air  rights  over  or  the  subsurface  areas  under any of its property   together with lands adjacent thereto  which  have  been  or  are  to  be   acquired  by  it  pursuant  to section thirty-four-b of the public lands   law, provided that said air space rights and air rights  and  subsurface   rights  and  adjacent  lands  are  determined by the governing board not   thereafter to be needed for municipal purposes.2.  Such  lease  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of   section   thirty-four-b  of  the  public  lands  law and shall in addition contain   provisions requiring the lessee to take steps  which  are  adequate  and   necessary to support and maintain such facilities as are being developed   by the municipality, the state, or any of its duly constituted agencies.3.    Title   to   any   buildings,   structures,   substructures   or   superstructures erected or constructed by the lessee shall vest  in  the   municipality at the termination or expiration of the lease.4.  Any such lease may be entered into without recourse to sealed bids   or public auction provided  that  (a)  the  amount  of  rental  and  all   essential  terms and conditions of the lease shall have been included in   a notice published by the governing board in at least one  newspaper  of   general  circulation in the municipality not less than twenty days prior   to its proposed execution and that (b) such lease shall be  approved  by   the  governing  board after a public hearing held not less than ten days   after the publication of said notice.5. Interests granted pursuant to this  section  and  any  improvements   erected  or  constructed  thereunder  shall  be  assessed  and  taxed in   accordance with the provisions of section five hundred sixty-four of the   real property tax law.
NY Gen Mun L § 72-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-P - Lease of Real Property by a Municipality.

* §  72-p.  Lease  of real property by a municipality. Notwithstanding   any provision of any general, special or local law or  of  any  charter,   whenever  a  municipal  corporation enters into a lease of real property   the lease agreement shall provide that the tenant  may  not  assign  the   lease  to  a  third  party  unless  such  assignment  is approved by the   municipal corporation. A municipal corporation may not  arbitrarily  and   capriciously withhold its approval of such assignment. The provisions of   this section shall not apply to the leases of real property to municipal   or public corporations.* NB There are two § 72-p's
NY Gen Mun L § 72-P-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-P*2 - Establishment of Farmers' Markets.

* §  72-p. Establishment of farmers' markets. 1. The governing body of   any municipal corporation may establish one or more farmers' markets, as   defined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law,   for public purposes and in the exercise of its public powers.2. Such  municipal  corporation  shall  have  the  power,  charge  and   authority to:a. construct, repair, maintain and manage all farmers' markets, market   places  and  market  lands  of  such  municipality,  and  all buildings,   structures and facilities thereon;b. fix fees for services,  licenses  and  privileges  and  rent  space   therein and enter into leases therefor;c.  promulgate  guidelines, regulations or rules for the governance of   farmers' markets, market places and market lands, not in  conflict  with   the  rules and regulations of the department of agriculture and markets,   and subject to the approval of the governing  board  of  such  municipal   corporation;d. grant or revoke licenses to auctioneers of food in such markets and   fix a schedule of commissions to be charged by auctioneers;e.  grant, transfer or revoke permits to buy or sell in such market or   upon such market places or land; andf. investigate any complaint in relation to the shipment  of  food  to   any farmers' market of the municipality.3. Nothing in this section shall abridge the powers of local boards or   departments of health as otherwise provided by law.* NB There are two § 72-p's
NY Gen Mun L § 72-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 72-R - Adopt-a-Beach Stewardship Program.

§  72-r.  Adopt-a-beach  stewardship program. 1. The governing body of   any municipality may enter into stewardship agreements with  any  person   or persons for the purposes of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing its   publicly-owned  beach,  shoreline  area or portion thereof in accordance   with the policies of this section.2. The stewardship agreement shall provide that the beach or shoreline   area be preserved and maintained in its  natural  state  or  managed  to   enhance  or  restore  the  natural values they provide.   Activities may   include:  remediating vandalism and storm damage, picking up litter  and   trash,  establishing  or  maintaining access or nature trails, providing   interpretive  services  for  school  groups  and  other  citizens,   and   otherwise providing positive benefits to the beach or shoreline area.3.  Stewardship  agreement  with any person or persons may provide for   assistance of personnel, facilities and supplies of the municipality for   the purposes of supporting appropriate activities under such stewardship   agreement.4. The municipality shall establish procedures by which  a  person  or   persons  may apply for a stewardship agreement, and shall be responsible   for working with  such  persons  to  identify  specific  sections  of  a   publicly-owned  beach  or  shoreline area and specific activities deemed   appropriate  for  such  stewardship  agreement.  The  municipality   may   consider  factors  such as safety, environmental sensitivity, need, cost   and  other  factors  deemed  relevant  in  determining  which  beach  or   shoreline  area  or  activities  may  be  eligible  or appropriate for a   stewardship agreement.5. The municipality  shall  provide  recognition  of  the  stewardship   activities  by  appropriate  signage  on  or  near  the adopted beach or   shoreline area, and may provide recognition by such other measures as it   may determine to be appropriate, including  but  not  limited  to  press   releases, certificates, and newsletters.6.  The  stewardship  agreement may be modified in scope or altered in   any other manner  at  the  sole  discretion  of  the  municipality,  not   inconsistent  with the provisions of this section. The person or persons   shall have the option of renewing the agreement subject to the  approval   of  the  municipality  and  the  continuation by the municipality of the   adopt-a-beach stewardship  program.  The  municipality  may  immediately   remove  the  signs  and  it may terminate the agreement upon thirty days   notice, if in its sole judgment it finds and determines that the  person   or persons are not meeting the terms and conditions of the agreement.7. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the municipality   which  has  entered into a stewardship agreement and its employees shall   not be liable for damages suffered by  any  person  resulting  from  the   actions or activities of such volunteers.