NY Gen Mun L § 352 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14 - Airports and Landing Fields 352 - Equipment, Maintenance and Operation.

§  352.  Equipment,  maintenance  and operation. The local legislative   body of a city, or board  of  supervisors  of  a  county,  or  board  of   trustees of a village, or town board of a town, which has established an   airport  or  landing  field  and  has acquired, leased or set apart real   property for such purpose, or has entered into an agreement  to  operate   an  airport as a public airport or hereafter does so establish, acquire,   lease, or enter into such agreement, or where two or more municipalities   shall have established or hereafter do  establish  a  joint  airport  or   landing  field  pursuant  to section three hundred fifty-three-a of this   article the local legislative bodies thereof in joint session, may:1. Construct, develop, improve, equip, maintain and operate the same.2. Adopt regulations  and  establish  fees  or  charges  for  the  use   thereof,  and  fix civil penalties for the violation of such regulations   and provide for their enforcement.3. Provide and charge for all services, concessions or other usual  or   incidental facilities rendered, conducted or maintained thereat.4. Purchase and sell aviation petroleum products, aircraft assessories   and  parts,  and  provide  and charge for the servicing and repairing of   aircraft, and for all other services reasonably necessary or  incidental   to the operation of such airport or landing field.5.  Lease,  or  sub-lease  the  real  property  or  lease, contract or   otherwise agree, on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, for the  entire   operation  of  such airport or landing field, or of any part thereof, or   for the rendering of  various  services,  or  the  conduct  of  business   activities,  on  or  at  said  airport  or  landing field subject to the   provisions  of  section  three  hundred  fifty-two-a  of  this  chapter;   provided,  however,  that  no such lease or contract shall be made until   the governing body of the municipality shall have held a public  hearing   in  respect  thereto  on  at  least  ten  days  notice  published in two   newspapers having general circulation in the municipality, and  provided   further  that any lease of an entire or portion of an airport or landing   field, together  with  the  facilities  thereon,  or  contract  for  the   operation of an airport or landing field or portion thereof shall be for   a  term  not  exceeding forty years and shall expressly provide that the   said airport or landing field shall be used only for  aviation  purposes   and  for  other  purposes required for or necessary to the efficient and   successful operation of an airport or landing field, upon such terms  as   shall  require  the operation of the same as a public airport or landing   field for the general use of the public and  for  the  benefit  of  such   city,  county,  village or town.   Notwithstanding the provisions of any   general or local law to the contrary, any municipality which was a party   to an agreement in effect on or prior to January first, nineteen hundred   sixty for the operation of an airport or landing field may,  enter  into   an amended and supplemental agreement for a period not exceeding fifteen   years  beyond  the  expiration  date of the existing agreement with such   additional modifications in the terms of the agreement  consistent  with   the provisions of this chapter, as may be approved by the governing body   of  the  municipality  after  a  public hearing in respect thereto on at   least ten days notice given in the manner provided in this subdivision.5-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph five of this  section   or  any  other  provision  of  law  to the contrary, any town in Suffolk   county may lease, for a term not exceeding forty  years,  real  property   acquired  for  an  airport  or  landing field, and not necessary for the   efficient and proper operation of the airport or landing field, for such   other purposes as the governing board may determine, provided such other   purposes do not interfere with the proper and efficient operation of the   remainder of the airport or landing  field.  Any  such  lease  shall  be    subject  to  requirement  of  a public hearing as set forth in paragraph   five of this section.5-b.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  five  of this   section or any other provision of law to the  contrary,  the  county  of   Oneida  may  lease,  for a term not exceeding forty years, real property   acquired for an airport or landing field,  and  not  necessary  for  the   efficient and proper operation of the airport or landing field, for such   other purposes as the governing board may determine, provided such other   purposes do not interfere with the proper and efficient operation of the   remainder  of  the  airport  or  landing  field. Any such lease shall be   subject to requirement of a public hearing as set forth  in  subdivision   five of this section.6.  Vest  jurisdiction  in  any  officer,  board or body of such city,   county, village or town to perform any or all of the  foregoing  powers,   and  establish  or  create  a  suitable  office,  board or body for that   purpose; in vesting jurisdiction in such  office,  board  or  body,  the   local  legislative body may reserve to itself such specific powers as it   may deem proper, and may make the exercise of any such powers subject to   its approval. Where a joint airport shall have been  established  or  is   hereafter  established by two or more municipalities pursuant to section   three hundred fifty-three-a of this article such jurisdiction  shall  be   vested  in  a joint board or body as the local legislative bodies of the   participating municipalities in joint session shall provide.The expenses incurred in connection herewith shall be a city,  county,   village or town charge as the case may be.