NY Mun Home Rule L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHR - Municipal Home Rule Article 2 - General Powers of Local Governments to Adopt and Amend Local Laws; Restrictions 11 - Restrictions on the Adoption of Local Laws.

§  11.  Restrictions on the adoption of local laws. 1. Notwithstanding   any provision of this chapter, the legislative body shall not be  deemed   authorized by this chapter to adopt a local law which supersedes a state   statute, if such local law:a.  Removes or raises any limitation of law on the amount in which the   local government may become indebted, or on  the  amount  which  may  be   raised  in  any  one  fiscal year by tax for any or all purposes of such   local  government  provided,  however,  that   if   the   total   bonded   indebtedness  of  any  city operating under the provisions of the second   class cities law is evidenced only by serial  bonds  payable  in  annual   installments,  any  such  city may adopt a local law which shall provide   that the provisions of section seventy-two of the  second  class  cities   law shall not be operative or applicable as to such city.b.  Removes  a restriction of law relating to the issuance of bonds or   other evidences of indebtedness.c. Applies to or affects the maintenance, support or administration of   the educational system in such local government, or a teachers'  pension   or retirement system therein.d.  Except  in  the  case of an alternative form of county government,   changes the number or term of office of the members of the county  board   of supervisors chosen as such in a city or town.e. Applies to or affects the courts as required or provided by article   six of the constitution.f. Applies to or affects any provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision   one  of  section 8-100 of the election law, the labor law, sections two,   three and four of chapter one thousand eleven of the  laws  of  nineteen   hundred  sixty-eight,  entitled "An act in relation to the maximum hours   of labor of certain municipal and fire  district  firefighters  and  the   holidays of firefighters and police officers, repealing certain sections   of  the labor law relating thereto, and to amend the municipal home rule   law, in relation  thereto,"  as  amended,  the  volunteer  firefighters'   benefit  law,  or the workers' compensation law or changes any provision   of the multiple residence law or the multiple dwelling law, except  that   in  a  city  of one million persons or more, the provisions of local law   for the enforcement of the housing code which is  not  less  restrictive   than  the multiple dwelling law may be applied in the enforcement of the   multiple dwelling law.g. Applies to or affects powers of the state comptroller  in  relation   to  auditing  or  examining  municipal  accounts or prescribing forms of   municipal accounting or  in  relation  to  approval  or  disapproval  of   establishment or extension of fire districts or special districts.h. Applies to or affects any provision of law providing for regulation   or  elimination  of  railroad  crossings at grade or terminal facilities   within the local government.i. Relates to the judicial review of dismissals from the civil service   or, in the case of a county, changes a provision of law relating to  the   membership  of its civil service commission or to the terms of office of   the members of such commission or of the personnel officer administering   the provisions of the civil service law.j. In the case of a city, transfers to abutting  property  owners  its   liability  for  failure  to  maintain  its  sidewalks  and  gutters in a   reasonably safe condition.2. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the legislative body   of a county, city or village shall not be authorized by this chapter  to   adopt any local law which:a.  Amends the charter of the county, city or village, as the case may   be, contrary to any  provisions  of  such  charter  regulating  its  own   amendment. This provision shall not abridge the right of the people of a    county, city or village to amend their charter or approve a proposed new   charter,  where  such  amendment or proposed new charter is subject to a   mandatory referendum.b.  The  legislative body is by provision of the charter prohibited to   adopt.3. Notwithstanding any  provision  of  this  chapter,  any  local  law   adopted  by  a  town board shall be effective and operative only in that   portion of such town outside of any village or villages  therein  except   in a case where the power of such town board extends to and includes the   area of the town within any such village or villages.