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NY Second Class Cities L § 94 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 94 - Water Works.

§ 94. Water  works.  In  case  the  city owns and operates a system of   municipal water works, the commissioner of public works  shall  appoint,   to hold office during his pleasure, a superintendent of water works, who   shall  have,  under  the direction of the commissioner, the supervision,   care, management and control of the  water  department  and  water-works   system  of the city.  It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public   works to see that the city has an abundant supply of pure and  wholesome   water  for  public and private use; to devise plans and sources of water   supply;  to  plan  and  supervise  the  construction,  maintenance   and   extension  of  the water system and the distribution of water throughout   the city; to protect it  from  contamination;  to  prescribe  rules  and   regulations for its use, which, when ratified and approved by the common   council,  shall  have  the  same force and effect as city ordinances. He   shall have  power,  with  the  assent  of  the  board  of  estimate  and   apportionment,  to  establish  rates  of  rents  to  be charged and paid   annually  for  the  supply  of  water  or  for  the  benefits  resulting   therefrom,  to  be called water rents, which shall be apportioned to the   different classes of  buildings  in  the  city  in  reference  to  their   dimensions and the ordinary uses of water for the same, and to different   lots,  as may be practicable, and from time to time to modify and amend,   increase or diminish such rates and to extend them to other descriptions   of buildings, lots, establishments and uses. He shall also  have  power,   with  like assent, to establish rates for the use of water in buildings,   establishments, trades and other purposes  in  or  for  which  water  is   consumed  beyond  the  quantity  required for ordinary purposes, and may   require the same paid to him in advance, at the rates thus  established,   before permission to use such extra quantity of water shall be given.
NY Second Class Cities L § 95 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 95 - Collection of Water Rents.

§ 95. Collection  of  water  rents. All water rents shall be collected   from the owners of the lots and buildings which shall be  situated  upon   any  street  or  avenue upon which the distributing pipes are now or may   hereafter be laid, and  from  which  such  lots  and  buildings  can  be   supplied  with  water.  Water  rents,  together with the amounts due and   unpaid for the introduction and measurement  of  the  supply  of  water,   shall  be,  like  other  taxes  of  the  city,  a lien upon the lots and   buildings against which the same are chargeable. It shall be the duty of   the commissioner each year,  immediately  preceding  the  time  for  the   making of the annual assessment-roll, to make out a list or roll of each   ward  or  assessment district of the city, in which he shall set out the   amount of water rents accrued or chargeable upon each lot, part  of  lot   or  building,  and  which  shall not have been paid to him, and file the   same with the assessors of the city, who shall in the preparation of the   next assessment-rolls for general  city  taxes,  in  a  separate  column   thereof,  assess  such  amount upon such property, and hearings shall be   had thereon and the  same  shall  be  levied,  corrected,  enforced  and   collected in the same manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time,   under  the  same  penalties,  and having the same lien upon the property   assessed as the general city tax and as a part thereof.
NY Second Class Cities L § 96 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 96 - Superintendent of Parks.

§ 96. Superintendent  of  parks. Unless otherwise provided by law, the   commissioner of public works shall appoint, to hold  office  during  his   pleasure, a superintendent of parks, who shall have, under the direction   of  the  commissioner,  the supervision, care, management and control of   all the parks of the city and of such portions of the  streets  as  pass   through  or  intersect  the  same,  and  of the shade trees of the city.   Subject to the direction of the commissioner and to  the  ordinances  of   the  common  council,  he  shall  prescribe the powers and duties of his   subordinates and shall, except as otherwise provided by law, superintend   the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for park purposes.  He  shall   keep  an  account  of  such  expenditures  and  shall approve all claims   against the city on account thereof before submission to the comptroller   for audit. The superintendent, under the direction of the  commissioner,   may  make  all ordinary repairs and improvements upon the parks and such   intersecting streets, may employ all laborers needed  thereon,  and  fix   their  wages,  subject to the approval of the commissioner and the board   of estimate and apportionment. Except as otherwise provided by  law,  he   shall conduct, with the aid of the corporation counsel, all negotiations   and proceedings for the acquisition of lands for park purposes, when the   same  shall  have been authorized by ordinance of the common council and   approved by the board of estimate and apportionment.  He shall make such   rules and regulations, not  inconsistent  with  the  ordinances  of  the   common  council  and  laws of the state, as he shall deem proper for the   government, management and care of the parks and of the streets  in  and   through  the  same, and of such other streets, being approaches thereto,   as may be designated by ordinance of the common council as parkways, and   such rules and regulations, when approved by the common  council,  shall   have  the  force and effect of city ordinances. The superintendent shall   have such other powers and  be  charged  with  such  other  duties,  not   inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of this chapter and the laws of the   state, as the commissioner may direct,  or  as  the  common  council  by   ordinance may define and prescribe.
NY Second Class Cities L § 97 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 97 - City Engineer.

§ 97. City  engineer.  No  person  shall be eligible to appointment as   city engineer unless he be a civil engineer  of  at  least  five  years'   practical experience in his profession. He shall appoint, to hold office   during  his  pleasure,  a  deputy  and such other subordinates as may be   prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment.
NY Second Class Cities L § 98 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 98 - Duties of City Engineer.

§ 98. Duties  of  city  engineer.  It  shall  be  the duty of the city   engineer to perform all the ordinary engineering and surveying  services   in  the  affairs  and  business  of the city and to supervise, under the   general direction of the commissioner of public works, all the work done   for the city in which the skill of his profession  may  be  required  or   useful.  He  shall,  under  the  direction of the commissioner of public   works  and  the  ordinances  of  the  common   council,   act   as   the   superintendent of public buildings, bridges, docks and wharves. He shall   perform  such  other  duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner of   public works or by ordinance of the common council. He shall devote  his   time exclusively to the service of the city.
NY Second Class Cities L § 99 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 99 - Alteration of Grades and Names of Streets.

§ 99. Alteration  of  grades  and  names  of streets. The grade of any   street shall not be fixed or established  except  by  direction  of  the   common  council.  The  grade of a street heretofore or hereafter legally   established shall not be changed, except  by  direction  of  the  common   council,  and  except  also  upon  compensation  for damages done, to be   ascertained in and by the proceedings provided by law  for  ascertaining   damages  for  lands taken for the opening of streets. The common council   shall not alter the name of any street except by ordinance. No ordinance   altering the name of any street shall be passed by  the  common  council   until  such ordinance shall have been published at least once in each of   two successive weeks in the official paper or papers.
NY Second Class Cities L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 100 - Apportionment of City's Expense of Improvements.

§ 100. Apportionment  of  city's  expense  of improvements. The common   council may,  by  ordinance  approved  by  the  board  of  estimate  and   apportionment,  fix  and  determine  the  amount  and  proportion of the   expense which shall be borne by the city at large for opening, altering,   grading, curbing or paving a  street,  or  for  constructing  therein  a   public  sewer  which  is not less than two feet in diameter.  The amount   and proportion of the expense of such improvements which shall be  borne   by  the  city at large shall be included in the budget and raised by tax   the same as other general city charges or may be  financed  pursuant  to   the  local  finance  law.    An  amount sufficient to pay, when due, any   obligations  issued  to  pay  the  portion  of  the  expense   of   such   improvements  borne  by  the  city  at  large, together with the accrued   interest thereon, shall be included in the tax budget and raised by  tax   the  same  as  other  general city charges, and such obligations as they   mature, together with the interest thereon, shall be  paid  out  of  the   moneys  so  raised  by tax.   The proportion of the expense which is not   borne by the city shall  be  assessed  and  charged  upon  the  property   affected by such improvement in the form and manner provided by law.
NY Second Class Cities L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 101 - Discontinuance of Streets.

§ 101. Discontinuance  of  streets.  Whenever the common council shall   contemplate the discontinuance of any street, it shall cause a notice to   be published for ten days in the official newspaper or newspapers of the   city of its intention so to do, and that all persons interested  may  be   heard in reference thereto at a time stated in such notice.  If it shall   be determined to discontinue the street and any person shall claim to be   damaged  by  such discontinuance, such alleged damages, unless agreed to   by the commissioner of  public  works  and  approved  by  the  board  of   estimate  and  apportionment,  must be ascertained and determined in the   manner provided by law for ascertaining damages for lands taken for  the   opening of streets.  An ordinance discontinuing any street shall require   the  affirmative  vote of three-fourths of all the members of the common   council.  Whenever a street, or any part thereof, the fee of which is in   the city, shall be discontinued, the lands embraced within the limits of   such street, or any part thereof,  may  be  exchanged  for  other  lands   within  the  limits  of  the city, upon such terms and conditions as the   common council may by ordinance prescribe.
NY Second Class Cities L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 102 - Streets by Prescription.

§ 102. Streets  by  prescription. All lands which shall have been used   by the public as a street for twenty years or more continuously shall be   a street with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid  out   and recorded as such.
NY Second Class Cities L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 7 - Department of Public Works 103 - Acquisition of Lands.

§ 103. Acquisition  of  lands.  Whenever  any  real estate or interest   therein shall be required for any municipal purpose, except as otherwise   provided by law, the commissioner of public works may  acquire  for  the   city  the  necessary  land  and real estate by gift or by purchase, at a   price approved by the board of estimate and  apportionment,  or  by  the   proceedings  specified  in  the  eminent domain procedure law, or in the   case of property  required  for  street  purposes,  by  the  proceedings   provided  by  law  for  acquiring  and ascertaining damages for property   taken for purposes of street openings.
NY Second Class Cities L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 8 - Department of Contract and Supply 121 - Proposals.

§ 121. Proposals.  No  contract shall be let, except after the receipt   of sealed bids or proposals therefor, and no bids or proposals shall  be   received  at any time other than at a regular meeting of said board, and   unless they conform to the rules of the board and the general ordinances   of the common council. All bids or proposals must be indorsed  with  the   title  of  the  work  or materials to which they relate, the name of the   bidder and his residence. It shall be the duty of  each  member  of  the   board to be present at the time and place mentioned in the public notice   for  the  receipt  and  opening  of bids or proposals, and such meetings   shall be open to the public. After all the bids or proposals  have  been   presented,  but  not  until  one-half  hour after the time stated in the   public notice for holding the meeting, all bids or  proposals  shall  be   opened  by some member of the board or by its secretary, publicly and in   the presence of the bidders and other  persons  there  present,  and  an   abstract  of all of such bids or proposals, with the prices and security   offered, shall be transcribed in a book kept for that  purpose,  without   any  change,  correction  or  addition whatever. A majority of the board   need not be present when such bids or proposals are  opened.  The  board   may  reject  all bids or proposals received at any meeting and advertise   again for new bids or proposals to be received  at  another  meeting  as   above  prescribed.  No  person  submitting,  or on whose behalf a bid or   proposal is submitted, nor the principal or  sureties  on  any  bond  or   security  accompanying  the  same,  shall  have the right to withdraw or   cancel any such bid, proposal,  or  bond  until  the  board  shall  have   awarded  the  contract  for which such bid or proposal is made, and such   contract shall have been duly executed.
NY Second Class Cities L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 8 - Department of Contract and Supply 123 - Secretary of the Board; Commissioner of Supplies.

§ 123. Secretary  of the board; commissioner of supplies. The board of   contract and supply shall appoint a secretary to hold office during  its   pleasure,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to keep a full journal of all the   proceedings of the board and to perform such additional duties as may be   required by the board, or by law or ordinance  of  the  common  council.   Where any work or repairs needed to be done, or materials or supplies to   be furnished for any office, court, board or department shall not exceed   two  hundred and fifty dollars in cost, the board of contract and supply   may by general or special rule  authorize  the  commissioner  of  public   works,  or  the  commissioner  of public safety, or the secretary of the   board, or any of them, to give written orders therefor and purchase  the   same.  No  materials or supplies shall be purchased for, or delivered by   or upon the order of the commissioner to any officer, board, court, body   or department of the city, except upon the requisition in  writing  from   the  officer,  board,  body or head of the department for which the same   are required. The commissioner shall require a receipt in  writing  from   each  officer,  board,  body  or head of the department for all supplies   delivered to him or it by the commissioner or on his order, and he shall   approve, in writing, all claims  for  any  such  materials  or  supplies   purchased  by him, before the same shall be presented to the comptroller   for audit.
NY Second Class Cities L § 125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 8 - Department of Contract and Supply 125 - Power to Purchase and Contract Limited.

§ 125. Power  to  purchase  and contract limited. No person shall have   power to make any purchase or contract any debt for which the city shall   be liable unless authorized by the provisions of  this  chapter  or  the   local finance law.
NY Second Class Cities L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 130 - Commissioner of Public Safety; Appointees.

§ 130. Commissioner  of public safety; appointees. The commissioner of   public safety shall be the head of the department of public  safety.  He   may  appoint,  to  hold  office  during his pleasure, a deputy, a health   officer and a superintendent of buildings. Whenever a vacancy occurs  in   the  office  of the chief of police or chief of the fire department, the   commissioner of public safety,  shall  appoint,  in  his  discretion,  a   person  deemed by him to be suitable and competent to fill the same. The   chief of police and chief of the fire department shall each hold  office   during  good  behavior,  or  until permanently incapacitated or unfit to   discharge  his  duties.    The  commissioner  may  appoint  such   other   subordinates  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  estimate  and   apportionment to hold office,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,   during  his  pleasure.  In  case  of  the  absence  or disability of the   commissioner or a vacancy in the office, the deputy shall discharge  the   duties  of  the  office  until  the commissioner returns, his disability   ceases or the vacancy is filled. Before entering upon the  discharge  of   the duties of their respective offices, the commissioner, deputy, health   officer,  superintendent  of buildings, chief of police and chief of the   fire department shall each execute and  file  with  the  city  clerk  an   official  undertaking  in  such  penal  sum  as may be prescribed by the   common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 131 - Duties of Commissioner.

§ 131. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner of public safety shall   have   cognizance,   jurisdiction,   supervision   and  control  of  the   government, administration, disposition and  discipline  of  the  police   department, fire department, buildings department and health department,   and  of  the officers and members of said departments, and shall possess   and exercise fully and exclusively all powers  and  perform  all  duties   pertaining   to  the  government,  maintenance  and  direction  of  said   departments, and  the  apparatus  and  property  thereof  and  buildings   furnished therefor, and shall have the general direction and supervision   of  the  expenditure  of all moneys appropriated to said departments. He   shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as may  be   prescribed by the law or by ordinance of the common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 132 - Deputy Commissioner.

§ 132. Deputy   commissioner.   The  deputy  commissioner  shall  have   authority  to  administer  oaths  and  take  evidence,  affidavits   and   acknowledgments  in  all  matters  and  proceedings  pertaining  to  the   department. He shall have general supervision over the  records  of  the   department  and  its officers and shall perform such other duties as may   be prescribed by the commissioner or by  law  or  by  ordinance  of  the   common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 133 - Rules, Orders and Regulations.

§ 133. Rules,  orders  and  regulations.  The  commissioner  of public   safety shall make, adopt and enforce such reasonable rules,  orders  and   regulations,  not  inconsistent with law, as may be reasonably necessary   to effect a prompt and efficient exercise of all  the  powers  conferred   and  the  performance  of  all  duties  imposed  by  law upon him or the   department under his jurisdiction. He is  authorized  and  empowered  to   make,  adopt,  promulgate  and  enforce  reasonable  rules,  orders  and   regulations  for  the   government,   discipline,   administration   and   disposition  of  the  officers  and  members  of  the  police  and  fire   departments, and for the hearing, examination, investigation, trial  and   determination  of charges made or prepared against any officer or member   of said departments for neglect of  official  duty  or  incompetency  or   incapacity  to perform his official duties or some delinquency seriously   affecting his general character or fitness for the office, and  may,  in   his  discretion,  punish any such officer or member found guilty thereof   by reprimand, forfeiting and  withholding  pay  for  a  specified  time,   supension during a fixed period or dismissal from office; but no officer   or member of said departments shall be removed or otherwise punished for   any  other  cause,  nor  until  specific  charges  in  writing have been   preferred against and served upon him, and  he  shall  have  been  found   guilty  thereof,  after reasonable notice and upon due trial before said   commissioner in the form and manner prescribed by law and the rules  and   regulations of the department.
NY Second Class Cities L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 134 - Constitution of Police and Fire Departments.

§ 134. Constitution  of  police  and  fire departments. The police and   fire departments shall, as to  their  membership  and  component  parts,   remain  as  now constituted until the same shall be changed by action of   the common council. The  common  council  has  power  at  all  times  by   ordinance  to  determine  the  number of officers and members of each of   said departments and the classes and grades into  which  they  shall  be   divided,  except that it shall not have the power to diminish the number   of the members of either of said departments as now fixed. The number of   officers or members of either of said departments shall not be increased   without the approval of the board of  estimate  and  apportionment.  The   common  council  may  pass  ordinances not inconsistent with law for the   government of the police and fire departments, and regulating the powers   and duties  of  their  officers  and  members.  The  commissioner  shall   appoint, as vacancies in said department occur, all officers and members   thereof,  and classify and apportion them into grades to conform to such   ordinances.