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NY Gen Mun L § 81 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 81 - Peddling and Hawking Farm Produce.

§  81.  Peddling  and  hawking  farm produce. The governing board of a   municipal corporation shall not by ordinance or  otherwise  regulate  or   prohibit  the  pursuit  or exercise of hawking and peddling farm produce   except  hay  and  straw  within  the  limits  of  any   such   municipal   corporation,  if  such farm produce is hawked or peddled by the producer   thereof, or his servants or employees; nor shall the governing board  of   any such municipal corporation pass an ordinance requiring such producer   of  farm  produce to secure a license for peddling and hawking such farm   produce within the  limits  of  such  municipal  corporation.    Nothing   contained  herein  shall  affect  any  pending  action  or proceeding to   recover penalties imposed for  violations  of  existing  ordinances  and   regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit wagons   from  which  farm produce is sold to stand in front of stores or private   residences for a longer time than may be  necessary  for  the  sale  and   delivery  of  produce  purchased  by  the  occupants  of  such stores or   residences; nor to permit the  congregating  of  such  wagons  upon  any   street  or  thoroughfare  not  set apart by the municipality as a public   market for the sale of farm produce. This section  shall  not  apply  to   villages, or to cities of the first class.
NY Gen Mun L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 82 - Levy to Pay a Final Judgment; to Be in Addition to Amount Authorized by Law; Money to Be Paid to Judgment Creditor.

§  82.  Levy  to  pay  a  final  judgment; to be in addition to amount   authorized by law; money to be paid to judgment  creditor.  If  a  final   judgment  for  a  sum  of money, or directing the payment of money shall   have been, or shall hereafter be recovered  against  any  county,  town,   city or incorporated village within this state, and the same remains, or   shall  hereafter  remain  unpaid,  and  the execution thereof is not, or   shall not be stayed as required by law, or if so stayed,  the  stay  has   expired, or shall hereafter expire, it shall be the duty of the board of   supervisors, if the judgment is, or shall be, recovered against a county   or  town, or of the common council of the city, or the board of trustees   of the village, if the judgment is, or shall  be,  recovered  against  a   city  or  an  incorporated  village,  and the said board of supervisors,   common council or board of trustees is hereby empowered to assess, levy,   and cause to be collected at the same time and in like manner  as  other   moneys  for the necessary expenses of the county, town, city or village,   as the case may be, are then next thereafter to be assessed, levied  and   collected,  and  in  addition  to the moneys now authorized by law to be   assessed, levied  and  collected  for  that  purpose,  a  sum  of  money   sufficient to pay the said judgment with the interest thereupon, and the   fees  and  expenses chargeable by law upon the execution, if any, issued   to collect the same. The moneys  so  assessed  and  levied  as  soon  as   collected and paid to the proper receiving and disbursing officer, or so   much  thereof  as may be necessary, shall, from time to time, be paid by   him to the judgment creditor, administrator or assignee, or other person   entitled to receive the same by reason of the said judgment, without any   deduction for his fees or commissions.
NY Gen Mun L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 83 - Limitation as to Amount of Money to Be Raised; Special Provision in New York City.

§ 83. Limitation as to amount of money to be raised; special provision   in New York city.  No restriction or limitation imposed by law as to the   sum  to  be raised in any year in any city or village shall apply to the   moneys to be raised for the purposes specified  in  the  last  preceding   section;  but  the said moneys shall be raised in addition to any sum so   restricted or limited.In the city of New York the powers and duties devolved upon the common   council of a city  by  section  eighty-two  of  this  chapter  shall  be   exercised by the board of estimate and apportionment.
NY Gen Mun L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 84 - Refunding Illegal Assessments.

§  84.  Refunding  illegal  assessments.  Whenever an assessment for a   local improvement has been annulled by the  judgment  or  order  of  any   court  any  sum of money which has been heretofore or shall be hereafter   paid thereon, may be refunded  with  interest  from  the  time  of  such   payment.  If  not  so  refunded  within  one year, from the time of such   judgment or order annulling such assessment, an action may be maintained   to recover such sum with interest thereon.
NY Gen Mun L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 85 - Service Charge on Returned Checks.

§  85.  Service  charge on returned checks. 1. The governing body of a   municipal corporation may by resolution provide for the imposition of  a   charge  to  be  added  to any account owing to the municipal corporation   where a tendered payment of such account was dishonored  by  a  bank  or   depository institution.2.  Whenever  the  account owing to the municipal corporation is for a   tax,  special  ad  valorem  levy  or  special  assessment,  the   charge   authorized  by  the  preceding subdivision shall be included on whatever   list of delinquent accounts is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.3. Said charge shall be  determined  and  set  by  resolution  of  the   governing  body, from time to time, as appropriate, but shall not exceed   the maximum charge for dishonored checks authorized under section  5-328   of the general obligations law.4.  Any  such  service  charge  shall  be collected in the same manner   prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the  check   was tendered. In addition, such municipal corporation may require future   payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.5.  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "municipal corporation"   shall mean a municipal corporation as defined in  section  two  of  this   chapter and a school district.
NY Gen Mun L § 85-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 85-A - Taxation of Transient Merchants.

§  85-a.  Taxation  of transient merchants.  The legislative body of a   city, the town board of a town or the board of trustees of a village has   power to provide that  a  tax  shall  be  levied  upon  all  persons  or   corporations  conducting  transient  retail  business  therein,  and may   provide for the collection of such tax by requiring a permit  and  bond,   cash  deposit  or  other security before the commencement of business by   such persons or corporations. Such tax shall be  based  upon  the  gross   amount of sales and shall be at the same rate as other property is taxed   for  the  year  in  such  city, town or village. If at the time such tax   becomes due and payable, the tax rate for the current year of such city,   town or village has not been fixed, the same shall be estimated  by  the   assessors thereof. An ordinance, local law or resolution providing for a   tax hereunder may require verified reports to be filed from time to time   relating  to  stock and sales, and may make such further requirements as   may be necessary in order to determine the amount of such  tax,  and  to   provide  for  the  collection  thereof.  A  transient  business  is  one   conducted in a store, hotel, house, building or structure for  the  sale   at  retail  of goods, wares or merchandise, excepting food products, and   which is intended to be conducted for a temporary period of time and not   permanently. If the place in which a business is conducted is rented  or   leased  for  a  period  of  six  months  or  less,  such  fact  shall be   presumptive evidence that the business carried on therein is a transient   business. Any person or corporation failing to pay said tax, or  failing   to  obey the provisions of an ordinance, local law or resolution adopted   hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Mun L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 86 - Regulation of Commercial and Business Activities on Memorial Day and Independence Day.

§ 86. Regulation of commercial and business activities on Memorial day   and  Independence day.  The municipal officers and boards in the several   cities, towns and villages of this state now  having  the  authority  to   enact  ordinances  and  local  laws,  may adopt ordinances or local laws   regulating the nature of commercial and business activities that may  be   conducted  on  Memorial  day  and  Independence day and the hours within   which the various types of commercial and  business  activities  may  be   conducted on Memorial day and Independence day.  Provision shall be made   in such ordinances or local laws for punishment of violations thereof.
NY Gen Mun L § 86-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 86-A - Regulation of Installation of Portable Electrical Equipment Used for Amusement Devices.

§  86-a.  Regulation  of installation of portable electrical equipment   used for amusement devices. The governing body  of  any  city,  town  or   village  in  this  state,  may  adopt ordinances or local laws making it   unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause  to  be   installed,  or  to  alter,  repair  or  maintain any portable electrical   equipment connected to fifty or more volts of  electrical  power,  which   equipment  is  intended  for  use  by the public, either as an amusement   device or a vending machine, unless such equipment shall be so installed   that all exposed metal  or  other  conducting  surfaces  and  parts  are   effectively  grounded  in  a  manner  approved  by  existing  electrical   installation codes. Provisions shall be made in such ordinances or local   laws for punishment of violations thereof.
NY Gen Mun L § 87 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 87 - Support and Maintenance of Charitable and Other Institutions.

§  87.  Support  and maintenance of charitable and other institutions.   Boards  of  estimate  and  apportionment,  common  councils,  boards  of   aldermen,  boards  of  supervisors,  town  boards, boards of trustees of   villages and all other boards or officers of counties, cities, towns and   villages, authorized to appropriate and to raise money by  taxation  and   to  make payments therefrom, are hereby authorized, in their discretion,   to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to make payments  from   said  moneys,  and  from  any  moneys received from any other source and   properly applicable thereto, to charitable,  eleemosynary,  correctional   and reformatory institutions wholly or partly under private control, for   the  care, support and maintenance of their incarcerated individuals and   out-patients, of the moneys which are or may be  appropriated  therefor;   such  payments  to be made only for such incarcerated individuals as are   received and retained therein pursuant to regulations established by the   state department of social services or other state department having the   power of inspection thereof. In the absence within the state of adequate   facilities conveniently accessible, payments for the support,  care  and   maintenance  of incarcerated individuals and out-patients may be made to   institutions, wholly or partly under private control, of a charitable or   eleemosynary character, located without the state, which institutions if   located within the state would be subject to the visitation,  inspection   and  supervision  of  the  department  of social services. However, such   payments may be made only to institutions conducted in  conformity  with   the regulations of such department.
NY Gen Mun L § 88 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 88 - Disposition of Stray or Unwanted Dogs by Municipality.

* §  88.  Disposition  of stray or unwanted dogs by municipality. 1. A   municipality may by  local  law  or  ordinance  provide  that  stray  or   unwanted dogs be given to an agency which trains seeing eye dogs or to a   police department which trains dogs as guards.2.  The  agency or department may by written order requisition in lieu   of  destruction  or  intended  destruction,  unlicensed,   unwanted   or   unclaimed dogs which may be seized and impounded pursuant to law.3.  Any animal so requisitioned shall be retained within the pound for   at least five days in addition to the period  within  which  it  may  be   claimed  by  its owner, and if still unclaimed may then be given to such   requisitioner.4. Licensed dogs surrendered to the municipality or an animal  shelter   shall  not  be  requisitioned  without  the written consent of the owner   obtained at the time of the surrender.* NB There are 2 § 88's
NY Gen Mun L § 88-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 88-A - Merit Award Board to Reward Employees for Suggestions.

§ 88-a. Merit award board to reward employees for suggestions.  1. Any   city,  county,  town,  village,  school district or board of cooperative   educational services is hereby authorized and empowered to  establish  a   merit  award  board  for  the  purpose  of  rewarding  its employees for   suggestions which result in a more efficient and economical operation of   its government and may raise and expend moneys for the purposes thereof.2. In cities such  board  shall  consist  of  the  mayor,  corporation   counsel  and  such councilmen as may be designated by the council and in   counties such board shall consist  of  the  chairman  of  the  board  of   supervisors and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board. In   towns  such  board shall consist of the town supervisor and such members   as the town council  shall  designate.  In  villages  such  board  shall   consist of the mayor and members designated by the board of trustees. In   school districts, such board shall consist of the president of the board   of education and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board of   education.  In  boards  of  cooperative educational services, such board   shall consist of the president of the board of  cooperative  educational   services  and  such  members  thereof as shall be chosen by the board of   cooperative educational services.3. Such merit award boards when so established shall  make  rules  and   regulations   to   provide   for  the  rewarding  of  employees  of  the   municipality,  school  district  or  board  of  cooperative  educational   services for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.4.  Nothing  herein  contained shall in any way add to or diminish the   existing powers of the city of New York with reference to  establishment   of a merit award board, and its powers.
NY Gen Mun L § 89 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 89 - Payment of Debts of Illegal Corporations.

§  89.  Payment  of debts of illegal corporations. Whenever an attempt   has been or is hereafter made to create a municipal corporation,  either   by  special  act  of  the  legislature or by proceedings taken under the   general laws of the state, and such corporation has chosen officers  and   has  exercised  the powers, duties and authority vested in it by the law   under which it purports to have been created, and such  corporation  has   become  indebted  to  any  person,  association  or  corporation  in the   aggregate amount of five hundred dollars or more, and  such  corporation   shall  have  been  held  or  declared to be no corporation by a court of   record of competent jurisdiction  of  this  state,  either  because  the   special   act  creating  it  is  declared  to  be  unconstitutional,  or   otherwise, then such corporation shall be deemed a de facto  corporation   for  the  purpose of winding up its affairs and paying its indebtedness;   and its officers shall be deemed de facto officers and  shall  have  all   the  powers and authority and shall perform all the functions and duties   vested in or required of them under  the  law  pursuant  to  which  such   corporation  was  attempted to be created, so far as may be necessary to   liquidate  the  affairs  of  such  corporation  and  to  pay  its  money   obligations,  including  all the power and authority to assess, levy and   collect taxes upon the taxable persons and property within the corporate   limits of such illegal corporation,  to  such  an  amount  as  shall  be   sufficient  to  pay  obligations  of  such  corporation  and the expense   incident thereto.2. Such de facto officers shall keep an accurate record of  all  their   proceedings  hereunder, including the amount of money raised by taxation   and the purpose for which it was raised and the  amount  of  money  paid   out,  to  whom  and  for what purpose. They shall audit all bills before   payment and shall take receipts for all moneys paid out.3. When all the indebtedness of such illegal corporation has been paid   and its obligations discharged, such de  facto  officers  shall  make  a   full,  complete  and accurate report, under oath, to the county judge of   the county in which such illegal corporation is located or to a  justice   of the supreme court of all their proceedings hereunder and on the order   of  such  judge or justice approving and confirming such report, such de   facto officers shall be discharged and their functions and duties  shall   cease.  Such report and order shall be filed in the office of the county   clerk of the county in which such illegal corporation was located.
NY Gen Mun L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 90 - Payment of Overtime Compensation to Public Officers or Employees.

§   90.  Payment  of  overtime  compensation  to  public  officers  or   employees. The governing board of each municipal  corporation  or  other   civil  division or political subdivision of the state, or in the city of   New York, the mayor, by ordinance, local law, resolution, order or rule,   may provide for the payment of  overtime  compensation  to  any  or  all   public  officers  except  elective officers and those officers otherwise   excluded by  law  and  to  any  or  all  public  employees  under  their   jurisdiction at the regular basic pay rate of such officers or employees   for  all  time such officers or employees are required to work in excess   of their regularly established hours of employment or at such other rate   as such governing board, or in the city of  New  York,  the  mayor,  may   authorize.  The  amounts  received  as  overtime compensation under this   section shall be regarded as salary  or  compensation  for  any  of  the   purposes  of  any  pension  or retirement system of which the officer or   employee receiving the same is a member, except as set forth in sections   five hundred one, six hundred one,  and  twelve  hundred  three  of  the   retirement and social security law. Such overtime compensation shall not   be regarded as salary or compensation for the purpose of determining the   right  to  any  increase of salary or any salary increment on account of   length of service or otherwise. No such overtime compensation  shall  be   construed to constitute a promotion.
NY Gen Mun L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 91 - Payment of Rewards for Apprehension and Conviction of a Person or Persons Guilty of Felony or Misdemeanor.

§  91.  Payment of rewards for apprehension and conviction of a person   or persons guilty of felony or misdemeanor. The governing board  of  any   municipal  corporation  shall  have  power to offer, appropriate and pay   rewards of not more than one  thousand  dollars  for  information  which   shall  lead  to  detection, arrest and conviction of a person or persons   guilty of a misdemeanor and not more than twenty-five  thousand  dollars   for information which shall lead to the detection, arrest and conviction   of  a  person  or  persons  guilty  of  a  felony or felonies; provided,   however, that no  police  officer,  peace  officer,  or  any  other  law   enforcement   officer   or  official  shall  be  entitled,  directly  or   indirectly, to collect any such reward.
NY Gen Mun L § 91-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 91-A - Arson Investigation.

§  91-a.  Arson  investigation.  1.  Every  municipal corporation, the   office of fire prevention and control, and any  two  or  more  municipal   corporations jointly, are hereby authorized and empowered to investigate   and  to  take  such  action as may be required to formulate task forces,   teams, fire and/or police investigative units to investigate any case of   a burn injury or wound sustained as reported pursuant to section  265.26   of  the  penal law, and to ascertain the cause of fires or explosions of   suspicious   origin   within   the   municipality    or    participating   municipalities, pursue necessary investigation thereof and assist in the   preparation  and prosecution of cases stemming from any alleged criminal   activity attendant to such fires or explosions. In the case of  a  joint   endeavor  by  two or more municipal corporations, the share of the costs   to be borne by  each  such  municipal  corporation  shall  be  fixed  by   contract.  The  expenditure  of  moneys  for such purpose by a municipal   corporation shall be deemed a lawful municipal purpose  and  the  moneys   appropriated  for  the  purpose  shall be raised by tax upon the taxable   real property within the municipal corporation in  the  same  manner  as   moneys  for  other lawful municipal purposes. Each municipal corporation   is hereby authorized to accept and disburse grants of public or  private   money  or  other  aid  paid  or  made  available by the state or federal   government for such purpose or purposes.2. Where an investigative unit formed by this section has investigated   a fire and such fire is suspected to have been ignited  by  a  cigarette   and  not  caused  by  arson, the investigative unit shall forward to the   office of fire prevention and control within fourteen days of completing   the investigation into such fire information detailing,  to  the  extent   possible: (a) the specific brand and style of the cigarette suspected of   having  ignited  such fire; (b) whether the cigarette package was marked   as required by subdivision six of section one hundred fifty-six-c of the   executive law; and (c) the location and manner in which  such  cigarette   was purchased.