NY Vill L § 22-2200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 22 - Local Improvements 22-2200 - Local Improvements; Apportionment; Bonds.

§  22-2200  Local  improvements; apportionment; bonds. l. Whenever the   board of trustees of any village shall make local  improvements  at  the   expense  of  the owners of the lands benefited thereby, or partly at the   expense of such owners and partly at  the  expense  of  the  village  at   large,  the board, before making any such local improvements, shall give   notice to all persons interested by publishing a notice in the  official   newspaper  that a hearing will be held, not less than ten days after the   first publication of such notice, to consider the same, and  after  such   hearing  the  board may make such improvements, either by contract or by   village employees, and determine the portion of the cost to be  assessed   upon the lands benefited thereby and the portion, if any, to be borne by   the village at large, and also determine what lands will be benefited by   such local improvements, and shall prepare and file in the office of the   village clerk a map or plan of the proposed assessment district, showing   the  lands  so  determined to be benefited, as soon as practicable after   such hearing.2. When the cost of any such local improvements  has  been  determined   the  board  shall  apportion  and  assess  the part of the expense to be   raised by local assessments upon the lands in such assessment  district,   according  to  frontage,  area, or otherwise, as the board may determine   during the proceedings to be just and equitable, and file a copy thereof   in the office of the village clerk. After making such apportionment  the   board  shall  publish  in  the  official  paper and serve upon each land   owner, personally or by mail, at least ten days before  the  hearing,  a   notice  of  the filing of such apportionment and assessment map or plan,   and that at a specified time and place a hearing will be had  to  review   and  complete the same, and that the said apportionment and the said map   or plan can be examined by any person interested therein at  the  office   of the village clerk during usual business hours, prior to such hearing.   The  board shall meet at the time and place specified in such notice and   hear objections to such apportionment and to such assessment map. It may   modify and correct the same and add or exclude land to or from the  area   of local assessments, but no assessment shall be increased, and no lands   added  thereto  without  notice  to  the  owner and an opportunity to be   heard. The board may adjourn the  hearing  from  time  to  time  without   further  notice  and,  as  soon  as practicable, shall complete the said   apportionment and assessment, and the said assessment map and  file  the   same  in  the  office  of  the village clerk, and publish notice of such   completion and filing in the official  paper,  and  any  person  deeming   himself  aggrieved  thereby may, within fifteen days after the filing of   such apportionment and map apply to a court of record for  an  order  of   certiorari   to   review   said   assessments.  The  apportionment,  the   assessments and the map shall be deemed final and conclusive unless such   an application to be made within such fifteen days.3. The expense of any such local  improvement  may  be  raised  in  an   entire amount or in installments as the board of trustees may determine.   If  any portion of such expenses to be borne by the village at large, or   if the entire expense of such improvement is to be assessed against  the   property benefited thereby, such expense may be financed pursuant to the   local finance law.4.  All  local  assessments  levied  against real property as provided   herein shall be collected pursuant to section 5-518 of this chapter.