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NY Second Class Cities L § 135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 135 - Membership.

§ 135. Membership.  No  person shall be appointed to membership in the   police or fire departments of the city, or continue to  hold  membership   therein, who is not a citizen of good moral character, who has ever been   convicted  of  a  felony, who can not understandingly read and write the   English language, and who shall not have resided in the city during  the   two  years  next  preceding his appointment. The commissioner shall make   all appointments, promotions and changes of status of the  officers  and   members  of  the  police  and  fire  departments  in accordance with the   provisions of the civil service law of the state,  except  as  otherwise   provided herein. In making promotions, seniority and meritorious service   in the department, as well as superior capacity, as shown by competitive   examination, shall be taken into account. Individual acts of bravery may   be  treated  as  acts  of  meritorious  service, and the relative weight   therefor shall be fixed by the municipal civil  service  commission.  No   member of the police or fire departments shall hold any other office nor   be employed in any other department of the city government.
NY Second Class Cities L § 136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 136 - Terms of Office.

§ 136. Terms   of   office.   All  members  of  the  police  and  fire   departments, subject to the  power  of  removal  hereinafter  specified,   shall hold their respective offices during good behavior or until by age   or  disease  they  shall  become  permanently incapacitated to discharge   their duties.
NY Second Class Cities L § 137 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 137 - Discipline.

§ 137. Discipline.  If  a charge may be made by any person against any   officer or member of the police or fire departments  that  he  has  been   negligent  or  derelict in the performance of his official duties, or is   incompetent or without capacity to perform the same or is guilty of some   delinquency seriously affecting his general character or fitness for the   office, the charge must be in writing, in the  form  prescribed  by  the   rules  and  regulations of the commissioner of public safety, and a copy   thereof  must  be  served  upon  the  accused  officer  or  member.  The   commissioner  shall  then proceed to hear, try and determine the charge.   The accused shall have the right to be present at his trial  and  to  be   heard  in  person and by counsel and to give and furnish evidence in his   defense. All trials shall be open to the public.  The  commissioner  has   power  to  issue  subpoenas,  in  his  name, to compel the attendance of   witnesses, and shall upon the oral application of the  accused  issue  a   subpoena  on  the behalf of the accused, leaving the space for the names   of his witnesses blank that  he  may  fill  in  their  names,  upon  any   proceeding  authorized  by  the rules and regulations of the department,   and any person served with a subpoena is bound to attend in obedience to   the command thereof; and the commissioner shall compel the attendance of   witnesses and compel them to testify in the same manner as in  the  case   of  any  officer  or board authorized by law to issue subpoenas and take   testimony. If the accused shall be  found  guilty  of  the  charge  made   against him, the commissioner may punish him by reprimand, by forfeiting   and  withholding  pay  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  thirty  days, by   suspension without pay during a period not to exceed thirty days, or  by   dismissal  from  office.   At any time within one year after the date of   dismissal, any officer or member dismissed may make application  to  the   commissioner  for reinstatement. Such application must be in writing and   contain a release of the city from all claims for back compensation. The   commissioner may, in his discretion, rehear and redetermine the  charges   and  reinstate  such  officer or member, with or without an allowance of   the whole or a part of the time since such dismissal to  be  applied  on   his  time of service in the department, or may affirm such dismissal. At   any time within one year after this chapter takes effect or  within  one   year  after  the  date  of  resignation,  an  officer  or member who has   resigned may make application to the commissioner for reinstatement  and   the  commissioner  may,  in  his discretion, reinstate him, but the time   between the date of resignation and reinstatement shall not apply on his   time of service in the department.
NY Second Class Cities L § 138 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 138 - Appeal From Determination of Commissioner.

§ 138. Appeal  from  determination  of  commissioner. In case any such   officer or member is aggrieved by the determination of the  commissioner   on  any trial of charges, as specified in the preceding section, he may,   within thirty days after the rendering of such  determination,  take  an   appeal  therefrom  on  questions of law to the appellate division of the   supreme court. An appeal taken, as prescribed herein, shall be perfected   by the service of notice of appeal  upon  the  commissioner.  He  shall,   within  ten  days thereafter, make and file with the county clerk of the   county  in  which  the  city  is  situated  a  complete  return  of  the   proceedings  on  such trial. For the use of the parties and the court on   such appeal, the appellant shall cause a certified or stipulated copy of   said return to be printed and issued and  all  the  rules  and  statutes   concerning  the  correction  and  service  and  use of a printed case on   appeal shall as far as appropriate  be  applicable  to  the  correction,   service and use on appeal of said records.
NY Second Class Cities L § 139 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 139 - Exemptions.

§ 139. Exemptions. No member of the police or fire department shall be   liable  to  military  or  jury  duty  or  to arrest on criminal or civil   process while on duty.
NY Second Class Cities L § 140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 140 - Pension Funds.

§ 140. Pension   funds.   The   provisions   of   law   governing  the   establishment and maintenance  of  pension  funds  for  the  benefit  of   members  of  the police and fire departments shall be unimpaired by this   chapter. The mayor, comptroller and commissioner of  public  safety  and   their  successors  in  office shall constitute the trustees of each such   fund and shall have  the  care,  control,  management  and  distribution   thereof.
NY Second Class Cities L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 141 - Chief of Police.

§ 141. Chief  of  police. The chief of police shall have the power and   it shall be his duty  to  enforce  all  rules  and  regulations  of  the   commissioner  of  public  safety  relating  to the police department; to   commit any person charged with a criminal offense until  an  examination   shall  be had before the proper magistrate; to administer oaths and take   affidavits in respect to all matters pertaining to his official  duties,   and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may be prescribed by law, the   commissioner of public safety, or ordinance of the common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 142 - Powers and Duties of Members of Police Department.

§ 142. Powers  and duties of members of police department. The members   of the police department, other than surgeons, in criminal matters  have   all  the  powers of police officers under the general laws of the state,   and they shall also have the power and it shall be their duty to  arrest   any  person  found  by them violating any of the penal ordinances of the   city or laws of the state, and to take such  person  before  the  proper   city  magistrate.  Such person shall be dealt with in the same manner as   if he had been arrested upon a warrant theretofore duly issued  by  such   magistrate. They shall report violations of law and ordinances coming to   their  knowledge  in  any  way under regulations to be prescribed by the   commissioner of public safety. They shall also have, in every other part   of the state, in criminal matters all the powers of constables  and  any   warrant  for  search or arrest issued by any magistrate of the state may   be executed by them in any part of the  state  according  to  the  tenor   thereof  without  indorsement.  They shall possess such other powers and   perform such other duties as may be provided by law or ordinance of  the   common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 143 - Service of Process.

§ 143. Service  of  process.  All  criminal  process  for  any offense   committed within the city, and all process to recover or to enforce  any   penalty  for the violation of any city ordinance issued out of any court   or by any magistrate within the city, and  every  process,  subpoena  or   bench warrant issued by the district attorney of the county in which the   city is situated, relating to any offense committed within the city, and   every  process, subpoena or warrant issued by any coroner of such county   in any inquest held in the city relative to the death of any person, may   be served by any member of the police department.
NY Second Class Cities L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 144 - Political Activity Prohibited.

§ 144. Political  activity  prohibited.  Any  officer or member of the   police department who violates any provision of section  17-110  of  the   election law shall be dismissed from office.
NY Second Class Cities L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 145 - Department of Health.

§ 145. Department  of  health. The commissioner of public safety shall   exercise all the powers and be charged with  all  the  duties  conferred   upon or required of local boards of health by the laws of this state, so   far  as the same pertain to cities, with the exceptions, limitations and   additions herein contained.
NY Second Class Cities L § 146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 146 - Health Officer.

§ 146. Health  officer.  No person shall be eligible to appointment as   health officer unless he shall be a physician and surgeon duly  licensed   to  practice under the laws of this state, and who has practiced as such   for at least ten years. The health officer shall possess such powers and   perform such duties as shall  be  delegated  to  or  prescribed  by  the   commissioner of public safety or by ordinance of the common council.
NY Second Class Cities L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 147 - Deputy Health Officer.

§ 147. Deputy  health officer. The health officer by the authority and   under the direction of the commissioner of public safety may  appoint  a   deputy,  to  hold office during his pleasure. He may, when authorized by   the commissioner and subject to the approval of the  board  of  estimate   and  apportionment, appoint such other assistants and employ such health   and sanitary experts as may be required to carry into effect the powers,   decisions, orders and directions vested in said commissioner and  health   officer  by  this chapter and otherwise by law. The compensation of such   deputy, assistants and experts  shall  be  fixed  by  the  commissioner,   subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment.
NY Second Class Cities L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 148 - Appeals From Orders of Health Officer.

§ 148. Appeals  from orders of health officer. Any person aggrieved by   an order, decision or  direction  of  the  health  officer,  may  appeal   therefrom  to  the  commissioner,  who may affirm, reverse or modify the   order, decision or direction appealed from. Such appeal must be made  by   serving  on  the  health  officer  a written notice of appeal within two   days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, or within such  further  time   as  shall  be  allowed  by the commissioner after the appellant receives   notice of the order, decision or direction  appealed  from.  Within  two   days  after  receiving such notice of appeal, Sundays and legal holidays   excepted, the  health  officer  shall  make  a  written  return  to  the   commissioner  of the facts and evidence on which such an order, decision   or direction is founded. Upon receipt of such return, or if no return be   made within the time specified, the commissioner shall forthwith proceed   to hear and determine the matter. Upon such appeal the commissioner need   not be confined to the evidence contained  in  the  return  but  in  his   discretion  may  take  additional  evidence.  Until  the decision of the   appeal be made, the order, decision or direction appealed from shall  be   suspended.  In  case  of failure to sustain the appeal, the commissioner   may, in his discretion, impose costs not exceeding ten dollars upon  the   appellant.
NY Second Class Cities L § 149 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 149 - Inspection of Public Buildings.

§ 149. Inspection   of   public  buildings.  The  health  officer  and   superintendent of buildings may inspect and  advise  as  to  the  proper   heating,  ventilation and drainage of public buildings under the control   of the city or any of its departments, and in case any such building  is   in  use  or  in  process  of erection without, in the opinion of either,   proper arrangements for heating,  ventilation  or  drainage,  he  shall,   subject  to  the  right  of  appeal herein provided, stop the use or the   erection of such buildings, direct such  arrangements  to  be  made  and   restrain further work upon the building until they are made.
NY Second Class Cities L § 150 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 150 - Approval of Plans for Sewers and Drains.

§ 150. Approval  of  plans for sewers and drains. All plans for sewers   and drains shall be submitted to the health  officer  for  his  approval   before  contracts are let for the construction of the same, and, in case   he shall disapprove the  same,  such  sewer  and  drains  shall  not  be   constructed  unless, on appeal to the commissioner, he shall approve the   same. The health officer has power,  subject  to  the  right  of  appeal   herein  provided,  to  stop the construction or use of drains and sewers   which are not properly constructed or properly used, or which are not in   accordance with plans previously approved and adopted.
NY Second Class Cities L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 152 - Actions to Restrain Nuisances.

§ 152. Actions  to restrain nuisances. The commissioner is authorized,   by and with the advice and consent of the corporation  counsel,  in  the   name  of  the  city,  to  maintain  actions  to  restrain the threatened   performance of any act contrary to his orders, directions, decisions  or   ordinances  or  those  of  the superintendent of public buildings or any   violation of the rules and regulations of the  department  of  buildings   and  to restrain and abate nuisances; and for the purpose of obtaining a   temporary  injunction  in  any  such  action  no  undertaking  shall  be   required.
NY Second Class Cities L § 153 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 153 - Duty in Case of Peril to Public Health.

§ 153. Duty  in  case  of peril to public health. In case of great and   imminent peril to the public health of the city, by reason of  impending   pestilence,  it shall be the duty of the commissioner, with the sanction   of the common council, if it be practicable to  convene  that  body  for   prompt  action,  or  if  not, when approved by the board of estimate and   apportionment, to take such measures, and to do, order, or cause  to  be   done,  such  acts, and to make such extraordinary expenditures in excess   of the sum appropriated to the department of  health  from  moneys  made   available  pursuant  to  section  seventy-six of this chapter or section   29.00 of the local finance law, for the preservation and  protection  of   the  public  health,  as he may deem necessary and proper. Such peril to   public health shall be deemed to exist only when and for such period  as   the  commissioner  and  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment, by   unanimous vote, shall determine.
NY Second Class Cities L § 154 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 154 - Public Health Law Applicable.

§ 154. Public  health law applicable. The public health law, so far as   it pertains to cities, shall be  applicable  to  cities  of  the  second   class, except as herein expressly modified.
NY Second Class Cities L § 155 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 155 - Subordinates.

§ 155. Subordinates.  The superintendent of buildings may appoint such   subordinates  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  estimate  and   apportionment  to hold office during his pleasure, and who shall receive   such compensation as shall be fixed by said board.
NY Second Class Cities L § 156 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 156 - Duties of Superintendent.

§ 156. Duties  of  superintendent.  In  addition  to the duties of the   superintendent of buildings prescribed herein, or otherwise by law,  the   common  council  shall  by  ordinance prescribe his duties, and he shall   have  such  power  and  authority  in  regard  to  the  supervision  and   inspection  of the erection, construction or alteration of buildings and   other structures as shall be conferred by  ordinance,  not  inconsistent   with  the  other  laws  of the state. The common council shall also have   power to establish  by  ordinance,  and  from  time  to  time  amend,  a   "building  code,  "  providing  for all matters concerning, affecting or   relating to the construction, alteration, repair or removal of buildings   and  structures  heretofore  or  hereafter  erected;  but  no  ordinance   amending,  repealing  or  modifying  such building code or any provision   thereof shall be passed by the common council until  notice  shall  have   been  published for at least ten days in the official paper or papers of   the city that on a day stated in such notice, the  common  council  will   consider  the  adoption  of  a proposed ordinance amending, repealing or   modifying the building code, or a part thereof, generally or in  respect   of a specified subject, and that a copy of such proposed ordinance is on   file in the office of the city clerk.
NY Second Class Cities L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 9 - Department of Public Safety 157 - Application of Chapter Limited.

§ 157. Application of chapter limited. Where, by special or local laws   affecting  the  city, a superintendent of buildings is provided for, the   provisions of this chapter shall not affect the manner  of  appointment,   tenure  or  term  of  office,  removal or salary or compensation of such   superintendent, or impair any of the powers or duties  possessed  by  or   conferred upon him under or by virtue of such special or local laws.
NY Second Class Cities L § 160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 10 - Department of Assessment and Taxation 160 - Department of Assessment and Taxation; Powers and Duties of Assessors.

§ 160. Department  of  assessment  and  taxation; powers and duties of   assessors.   The assessors shall  be  the  head  of  the  department  of   assessment and taxation. They shall appoint, to hold office during their   pleasure,  such  deputies,  clerks,  assistants  and subordinates as the   board of estimate and apportionment shall prescribe. The  assessors  and   their deputies shall possess all the powers conferred, be subject to all   the  obligations  imposed and perform all the duties appertaining to the   office of assessors in the towns  of  the  state  in  reference  to  the   assessment  of property within the city, except as otherwise provided by   law. They shall perform all the duties now provided by law in  reference   to  the  assessment  of  property  for  the purpose of levying taxes and   assessments for local improvements, imposed according to law.  It  shall   also  be their duty to install scientific systems of assessment with tax   maps, unit rules and such other systems and records as may be  necessary   and  to gather and file useful and available information that appertains   to the value of property subject to their assessment.
NY Second Class Cities L § 161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SCC - Second Class Cities Article 10 - Department of Assessment and Taxation 161 - Description of Premises.

§ 161. Description  of premises. In the assessment of any lands in the   city for any purpose, it shall be sufficient to state the name of one of   the owners of such lands if the owner  or  owners  or  any  of  them  be   residents of the city and known to the assessors; if the owner or owners   be unknown to the assessors or if they be nonresidents and the ownership   is  unknown  to  the  assessors,  then  the assessment may be designated   unknown, and there shall be stated the number of the lot and the  block,   if  subdivided  into lots and blocks and so designated upon the city map   last adopted by the common council, or the number of  the  lot  or  farm   lot,  if  not  so subdivided into blocks and lots and so designated, and   also the street and number of any building thereon; but if the  land  be   vacant  or  the  building  thereon be not numbered, then the name of the   street on which it fronts and a brief description of the premises  shall   be given. In case no inhabited building be on the land and the residence   of  the  owner  be  unknown, such owner may be designated as unknown. No   assessment hereafter made in said city  shall  be  held  to  be  invalid   because  the  same  may  be  made  out  in terms against owner or owners   unknown or the estate of a deceased person, naming such person,  or  the   executor,  administrator, heirs or devisees of a deceased person, naming   such person, or any of them or against a company  or  a  firm  name,  or   against  a  person  in  whom  is the record title, though not the actual   title of the property, or for any cause  arising  through  ignorance  or   mistake as to the names of the owner or owners of the property assessed,   whether  individually  or  a  corporation,  provided  such  property  is   sufficiently described on the assessment-rolls  to  reasonably  identify   and  indicate to a person familiar with the same the particular property   which  it  was  intended  to  assess.  Every  assessment-roll  shall  be   considered  as referring to the last adopted map, unless it be otherwise   stated therein.