NY Gen Mun L § 119-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5-I - Mass Transportation and Airport and Aviation Facilities 119-S - Participation in Federal and State Assistance Programs for Mass Transportation and Airport and Aviation Projects.

§  119-s.  Participation  in federal and state assistance programs for   mass transportation and airport and aviation projects.  1. Any municipal   corporation shall have power, either individually or jointly with one or   more other municipal corporations, to  apply  for,  accept,  and  expend   financial assistance:a.  From  the  state  of  New York for one or more mass transportation   capital projects or for one or more airport or aviation capital projects   provided pursuant to the transportation capital facilities bond act  and   the transportation capital facilities development act, whether by way of   direct  financial  assistance or by way of prefinancing of any financial   assistance from the United States.b. From the United States, or any agency or  instrumentality  thereof,   for  one  or  more  mass  transportation capital projects or one or more   airport or aviation capital projects provided pursuant to any act of the   Congress  of  the  United  States  or  any  rule,  regulation  or  order   promulgated pursuant thereto.c.  From  the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof,   for operation or maintenance of one or more mass transportation  capital   projects  or  one  or more airport or aviation capital projects provided   pursuant to any act of the Congress of the United States  or  any  rule,   regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto.d.  From  the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof,   for  one  or  more  grants  for  transportation  demonstration  projects   provided pursuant to any act of the Congress of the United States or any   rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto.2.  Any  city,  town,  village or county not wholly contained within a   city shall  have  power  (a)  to  finance  or  raise  pursuant  to  law,   appropriate  and expend such sums as are required to administer, conduct   or participate in such a project or projects and  (b)  to  accept  money   provided  by  any  person,  firm  or corporation whatever, including the   private owner or operator of a mass transportation facility affected  by   the   specific  project,  for  the  administration  or  conduct  of,  or   participation in, a specific project and comply with the  conditions  of   the provider of such money.3.  No  municipal  corporation, whether acting individually or jointly   with one or more other  municipal  corporations,  shall  submit  to  the   United  States,  or  any  agency or instrumentality thereof, any project   application for one or more mass transportation capital projects or  one   or more airport or aviation capital projects, any application for one or   more   transportation   demonstration   projects  or  any  federal  mass   transportation  operating  assistance,   unless   the   application   or   applications  therefor  shall  have  been  first  approved  by the state   commissioner of transportation as being a part of or consistent  with  a   statewide  comprehensive  master  plan for transportation promulgated by   him and approved by the governor on the recommendation of the department   of state or, in the absence  of  any  such  statewide  plan,  any  other   recognized  long-range  regional  transportation  plan  approved  by the   commissioner or, in  the  absence  of  any  such  regional  plan,  sound   transportation development policy and planning concepts.4.  The  county  shall  have  power to pledge its interest in any mass   commuting vehicles, the acquisition of which  was  not  wholly  financed   with  the  proceeds  of  bonds  or  bond  anticipation  notes  under the   provisions of the local finance law, to secure  or  further  secure  the   payment of any bonds or bond anticipation notes issued for any object or   purpose of such county, if such pledge will have the effect, directly or   indirectly,  of  enabling  such county to participate in any transaction   described in section ninety-nine-o of this  chapter.  As  used  in  this   subdivision,  the  term  "mass  commuting vehicle" means any bus, subway    car, rail car, locomotive, or similar equipment used or to  be  used  to   provide  mass  commuting  services, whether or not operated by a private   operator under agreement with such county.