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NY Gen Mun L § 73 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 73 - Cities and Villages May Hold Property in Trust for Certain Purposes.

§  73.  Cities  and  villages  may  hold property in trust for certain   purposes. Real and personal estate may be granted and  conveyed  to  the   corporation  of  any  city or village of this state, to be held in trust   for any purpose of education, or the diffusion of knowledge, or for  the   relief  of distress; or for parks, gardens, or other ornamental grounds,   or grounds for the purposes of military parades and exercise, or  health   and  recreation,  within or near such incorporated city or village, upon   such conditions as may be prescribed by the grantor or donor, and agreed   to by such corporation; and all real estate so granted  or  conveyed  to   such corporation, may be held by the same, subject to such conditions as   may be prescribed and agreed to as aforesaid.
NY Gen Mun L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 74 - Condemnation of Real Property.

§   74.   Condemnation  of  real  property.  A  municipal  corporation   authorized by law to take and  hold  real  property  for  the  uses  and   purposes  of  the  corporation,  may,  if it is unable to agree with the   owners for the purchase thereof,  acquire  title  to  such  property  by   condemnation.
NY Gen Mun L § 74-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 74-C - Taking of Billboards.

§  74-c.  Taking  of  billboards.  1.  If  any local law, ordinance or   resolution adopted by a municipal corporation in  the  exercise  of  its   police  power  shall  require  the  removal  of  any legally erected and   maintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased   or rented for profit in areas zoned industrial  or  manufacturing,  just   compensation  for said taking shall be determined in accordance with the   provisions  of  article  five  of  the  eminent  domain  procedure  law;   provided,  however,  section  five  hundred two of such law shall not be   applicable in any such proceeding.2. Unless  compensation  therefor  is  provided  pursuant  to  section   eighty-eight  of  the  highway  law,  if  any  local  law,  ordinance or   resolution adopted by a municipal corporation in  the  exercise  of  its   police  power  shall  require  the  removal  of  any legally erected and   maintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased   or rented for profit, and which is located in an  area  or  zone,  other   than  an  industrial or manufacturing zone, the display shall be allowed   to remain in existence for the period of  time  set  forth  below  after   giving notice of the removal requirement: fair market value on date of            minimum yearsnotice of removal requirement              allowedunder     $1,999                      3$2,000 to $3,999                      4$4,000 to $5,999                      6$6,000 to $7,999                      7$8,000 to $9,999                      9$10,000 and over                     10 If  the  removal  is  required  sooner  than  the amortization periods   specified herein, such removal by any local law, ordinance or resolution   adopted by the municipal corporation shall  be  with  just  compensation   being paid for such taking and removal determined in accordance with the   provisions  of  article  five  of the eminent domain procedure law or in   accordance with any table of values established by the state  department   of  transportation;  provided  however  section  five hundred two of the   eminent domain procedure  law  shall  not  be  applicable  to  any  such   proceeding.Notwithstanding  any  other  law, rule or regulation, all amortization   periods under such laws, ordinances or resolutions  shall  commence  not   earlier than January first, nineteen hundred ninety.3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city having a   population of one million or more.
NY Gen Mun L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 75 - Limitation on Acquisition of Water Rights in Dutchess County.

§  75.  Limitation  on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county.   Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general  or  special  law,  a   municipal  or  other  corporation  shall  not  have  power to acquire by   condemnation for the  purpose  of  increasing  or  improving  its  water   supply,  any  stream  or  water, situated outside the boundaries of such   municipal  corporation,  that  flows  through  the  town  of   Fishkill,   Wappingers  or Poughkeepsie into the Hudson river, which stream or water   affords the chief source of power to, or is necessary in the process  of   manufacturing,  washing  or  dyeing  in,  a  mill  situated in a city or   village within the county  of  Dutchess,  the  inhabitants  whereof  are   chiefly dependent on such mill for employment and support.
NY Gen Mun L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 76 - Limitation on Acquisition of Water Rights in Westchester and Putnam Counties.

§  76.  Limitation  on  acquisition of water rights in Westchester and   Putnam counties.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general  or   special  law,  a  municipal or other corporation not situated within the   county of Westchester or the county of Putnam shall not  have  power  to   acquire  by condemnation, for the purpose of increasing or improving the   water supply of any such corporation, or for supplying  the  inhabitants   thereof  with  water,  any  lands, easements, streams of water, or water   rights within the county of Westchester  or  the  towns  of  Carmel  and   Putnam  Valley  in  the county of Putnam, except that this section shall   not apply to  the  contemplated  reservoir  known  as  the  Cross  river   reservoir,  nor  to  the contemplated reservoir at or near Croton falls,   nor to the contemplated acquisition of land in the vicinity of Rye lake;   nor shall this section operate to prevent the  city  of  New  York  from   acquiring  real  estate  in  said  counties necessary for the purpose of   constructing, maintaining and  operating  aqueducts,  dams,  reservoirs,   culverts,  sluices,  canals, bridges, tunnels, pumping works, blow-offs,   shafts, filters and appurtenances for the purpose of  conveying  to  the   city of New York and to the said counties, water from sources outside of   the  said  counties,  or for the purpose of connecting supplies of water   already established within said counties, nor shall this section operate   to prevent the city of New York from acquiring such real  estate  within   the  Croton watershed in the county of Westchester, contiguous to Little   Mohansic Lake and Mohansic Lake, as may be necessary  for  the  sanitary   protection  of the water supply of the city of New York, and the city of   New York is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or by  condemnation   in  the manner prescribed by the provisions of title two, chapter eleven   of the Greater New York charter as amended, such real  estate  for  such   purposes, except the lands, buildings and premises known as the Mohansic   Lake  reservation  in  the  town of Yorktown, the county of Westchester,   transferred and conveyed by the people of the state of New York  to  the   county of Westchester by chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the laws   of nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
NY Gen Mun L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77 - Leases of Public Buildings to Posts of Veteran Organizations, Organizations of Volunteer Firefighters, and Child Care Agencies.

§  77.  Leases  of public buildings to posts of veteran organizations,   organizations of volunteer firefighters, and child care agencies.  1.  A   municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to a post   or  posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign Wars of   the  United  States,  American  Legion,  Catholic  War  Veterans,  Inc.,   Disabled  American  Veterans,  the  Army  and Navy Union, U.S.A., Marine   Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of  World  War  II,  Jewish  War   Veterans  of  the  United States, Inc., Italian American War Veterans of   the United States, Incorporated, Masonic War Veterans of  the  State  of   New  York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of the United States of America   Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War  II,   Amsterdam,  N.Y.,  Inc.,  Polish-American  Veterans  of  World  War  II,   Schenectady, N.Y., Inc.,  Polish  Legion  of  American  Veterans,  Inc.,   Vietnam  Veterans of America or other veteran organization of members of   the armed forces of the United States who (a) were honorably  discharged   from  such  service  or  (b)  have a qualifying condition, as defined in   section three hundred  fifty  of  the  executive  law,  and  received  a   discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or   (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in  section  three  hundred   fifty  of  the  executive  law,  and received a discharge other than bad   conduct or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  to  an  incorporated   organization  or  an  association  of  either active or exempt volunteer   firefighters, a public building  or  part  thereof,  belonging  to  such   municipal  corporation,  except  schoolhouses  in  actual  use  as such,   without expense, or at a nominal rent, fixed by  the  board  or  council   having  charge  of such buildings and provide furniture and furnishings,   and heat, light and janitor service therefor, in like manner.2. A municipal corporation  may  lease  to  a  non-profit  corporation   organized under the laws of the state of New York which is authorized to   care for children and which is subject to the visitation, inspection and   supervision  of  the state board of social services a public building or   part thereof belonging to such municipal corporation, without expense or   at a nominal rent, fixed by the board or council having charge  of  such   buildings,  and  provide  furniture  and furnishings and heat, light and   janitor service therefor, in like manner.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-A - Construction and Maintenance of Memorial Building or Monument by County or City.

§  77-a. Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument   by county or city. A county, or a city  by  resolution  adopted  by  the   governing  board  of  such  municipality  by  a  two-thirds  vote of its   members, may construct and maintain  a  memorial  building,  park  or  a   monument  at  a  place  within  the municipality or upon any public park   thereof, in commemoration of soldiers and sailors of the  United  States   in  any war or wars in which the United States shall have engaged, at an   expense to be borne by the city or  county  at  large.  Such  resolution   shall create a committee, to be at all times composed of members of such   governing  boards,  to  have  charge  of  such  construction and of such   maintenance,  direct  expenditures  therefor  and  let  a  contract   or   contracts  for  such construction. Upon the adoption of such resolution,   the governing board or other proper  authorities  of  such  municipality   shall  appropriate,  raise by tax in the city or county, as the case may   be, and make available from time to time to the order of such committee,   the amount chargeable to the city or county for  such  construction  and   maintenance. In a city having a board of estimate and apportionment, the   concurrence of such board, with any action by the governing board, shall   be  necessary to any action by the city under this section. A county and   a city wholly contained  therein  may  unite  in  the  construction  and   maintenance  of  such  a memorial by such resolution being so adopted by   the governing board of each municipality, at an expense to be  borne  by   the city and county at large, or by the city and taxable property of the   county  outside  of  the city, in such manner and in such proportions as   the resolution shall prescribe. Such resolution shall create a committee   to be at all times composed of members of each of such governing boards,   to  have  charge  of  construction  and  of  such  maintenance,   direct   expenditures   therefor  and  let  a  contract  or  contracts  for  such   construction. Upon adoption of such resolutions the governing  board  or   other  proper  authorities of such municipality shall appropriate, raise   by tax in the city or county, as the case may  be,  and  make  available   from  time to time to the order of such committee, the amount chargeable   to the city or county for such construction and maintenance.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-C - Per Diem Meal Allowances for Travel on Official Business.

§  77-c.  Per  diem  meal  allowances for travel on official business.   Whenever a municipality is  authorized  or  required  to  reimburse  its   officers,  employees,  or  the volunteer members or officers of the fire   department of the municipality, for their actual and necessary  expenses   for meals in conjunction with travel on official business, the governing   board  of such municipality may determine by resolution to allow and pay   a reasonable per diem allowance for meals in lieu  of  such  actual  and   necessary  expenses.  In  determining  the amount of such allowance, the   governing board shall consider the prevailing costs  for  meals  in  the   area  in  which  the  travel  will  occur,  but  in  no event shall such   allowance exceed the standard meal allowance for business-related travel   adopted or prescribed for federal income tax purposes. For  purposes  of   this  section, the terms "municipality" and "governing board" shall have   the same meaning as in section seventy-seven-b of this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-D - Traveling Expenses for Applicants for Public Employment.

§  77-d. Traveling expenses for applicants for public employment.  The   governing board of each county, city, town,  village,  school  district,   fire district or other district corporation may, by local law, ordinance   or  resolution, authorize the payment of the actual and necessary travel   expenses, including meals and lodging, of an applicant for any office or   position in the service of such  county,  city,  town,  village,  school   district,  fire district or district corporation.  Such payment shall be   deemed a purpose of the county, city, town,  village,  school  district,   fire  district,  or  other  district  corporation  and shall be a charge   against the taxable  property  within  each  such  county,  city,  town,   village,   school  district,  fire  district  or  district  corporation.   However, in the event taxes are levied upon taxable property of an  area   of   less  than  an  entire  city,  county,  town  or  village  for  the   compensation or salary of such office or position, the expense  incurred   under  this  section  shall  be  a charge against such area and shall be   levied and collected from the taxable property thereof.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-E - Baseball Field Fence Leases in Yates County.

§  77-e. Baseball field fence leases in Yates county.  Notwithstanding   any provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter  to   the contrary, the village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may lease municipal   baseball  field fences, annually, at a nominal rent, to a not-for-profit   corporation or organization, organized under the laws of  the  state  of   New York for the purpose of permitting the sale of advertising, with the   revenues  to be used solely to purchase or repair baseball equipment for   said organization.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-F - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of Sweden, Monroe County.

§  77-f.  Sports  field  fence  leases  in  the town of Sweden, Monroe   county.  Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or  local   law  or  of  any  charter  to  the  contrary, the town of Sweden, Monroe   county, may lease any and all sports field fences  at  the  Sweden  Town   Park  annually,  at  a  nominal rent, to a not-for-profit corporation or   organization, organized under the laws of the state of New York for  the   purpose  of  permitting the sale of advertising, with the revenues to be   used solely for the care of said Sweden Town Park on Redman Road in  the   town of Sweden.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-G - Sports Field Fence Leases in the City of Rye, Westchester County.

§  77-g.  Sports  field  fence  leases in the city of Rye, Westchester   county. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special  or  local   law  or  of  any  charter  to the contrary, the city of Rye, Westchester   county, may lease any and all  sports  field  fences  at  Disbrow  Park,   Gagliardo  or  Recreation  Park  annually,  at  a  nominal  rent,  to  a   not-for-profit corporation or organization, organized under the laws  of   the  state  of  New  York  for  the  purpose  of  permitting the sale of   advertising, with the revenues to be used solely for the  care  of  said   parks in the city of Rye, Westchester county.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-H - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of New Castle, Westchester County.

§  77-h.  Sports  field  fence  leases  in  the  town  of  New Castle,   Westchester  county.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  any  general,   special  or local law or of any charter to the contrary, the town of New   Castle, in the county of Westchester, may lease any and all sports field   fences at Gedney park, Millwood park and the Recreation Field  annually,   at  a  nominal  rent,  to  a not-for-profit corporation or organization,   organized under the laws of the state of New York  for  the  purpose  of   permitting  the sale of advertising, with the revenues to be used solely   for the care of said  parks  and  field  in  the  town  of  New  Castle,   Westchester county.
NY Gen Mun L § 77-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 77-I - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of Yorktown, Westchester County.

§ 77-i. Sports field fence leases in the town of Yorktown, Westchester   county.  Notwithstanding  any provision of any general, special or local   law or of any charter to the contrary, the  town  of  Yorktown,  in  the   county  of  Westchester,  may  lease  any and all sports field fences at   Legacy Field and Granite Knolls Sports Complex annually,  at  a  nominal   rent,  to  a not-for-profit corporation or organization, organized under   the laws of the state of New York for the purpose of permitting the sale   of advertising, with the revenues to be used solely for the care of said   parks and field in the town of Yorktown, Westchester county.
NY Gen Mun L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 78 - Insurance of Property.

§  78.  Insurance  of property. Public officers having by law the care   and custody of the public buildings and other property  of  a  municipal   corporation,  may  insure the same at the expense and for the benefit of   such corporation.
NY Gen Mun L § 78-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 78-B - Demolition and Removal of Unsafe Structures.

§  78-b.  Demolition  and  removal of unsafe structures. The governing   body of any city, town, or village may commence a special proceeding  in   a  court  of  competent jursidiction to collect the costs of demolition,   including  reasonable  and  necessary  legal  expenses   incidental   to   obtaining  an  order  to  demolish,  from  the  owner of any building or   structure that may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or  unsafe   to  the public. The provisions of article four of the civil practice law   and rules shall govern  any  special  proceeding  commenced  under  this   section.
NY Gen Mun L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 80 - Discrimination Against Non-Residents.

§   80.  Discrimination  against  non-residents.  Any  restriction  or   regulation imposed by the governing board  of  a  municipal  corporation   upon  the  inhabitants  of  any  other municipal corporation within this   state, carrying on or desiring  to  carry  on  any  lawful  business  or   calling  within the limits thereof, which shall not be necessary for the   proper regulation of such trade, business  or  calling,  and  shall  not   apply  to citizens of all parts of the state alike, except ordinances or   regulations in reference to traveling circuses, shows  and  exhibitions,   shall be void.
NY Gen Mun L § 80-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 80-A - Purchasing of Products for Municipal Use.

§  80-a.  Purchasing of products for municipal use. 1. As used in this   section:a. "Practicable" means capable of being  used  without  violating  the   following  criteria:  performance,  availability  at a reasonable price,   availability within a reasonable period of time  and  maintenance  of  a   satisfactory level of competition.b. "Secondary material" means any material recovered from or otherwise   destined   for   the   waste  stream,  including  but  not  limited  to,   post-consumer material,  industrial  scrap  material  and  overstock  or   obsolete inventories from distributors, wholesalers and other companies,   but such term does not include those materials and by-products generated   from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.2.  The  municipality  shall  review the procurement specifications it   currently uses to  determine  whether  such  require  that  products  be   manufactured from virgin materials or exclude products manufactured from   secondary  materials  and  shall make such changes, on or before January   first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, as may be necessary to ensure that:a. Where such specifications exclude the use of products  manufactured   from  secondary  materials or require that products be manufactured from   virgin materials only, such exclusions or  requirements  be  eliminated;   provided,  however,  that  specifications  need  not  be  revised if the   municipality  determines  that  for  a  particular  end  use  a  product   containing  secondary  materials  would  not  meet necessary performance   standards.b. Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended  end   use are related, and clearly identified when feasible.c. Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or   performance standard.d.   Specifications  incorporate  or  require  the  use  of  secondary   materials to the maximum extent  practicable  without  jeopardizing  the   performance or intended end use of the product; provided, however, where   the  municipality  determines  that  for  a particular end use a product   containing secondary materials  would  not  meet  necessary  performance   standards,  such  specifications need not incorporate or require the use   of secondary materials.