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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 4 - Negligence and Malfeasance of Public Officers; Taxpayers' Remedies › 50-N - Civil Actions Against Peace Officers, Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs of the County of Nassau.

§ 50-n. Civil actions against peace officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs
  and  deputy  sheriffs  of  the  county  of  Nassau.  Notwithstanding the
  provisions of any other law, code or charter, the county of Nassau shall
  provide for the defense  of  any  civil  action  or  proceeding  brought
  against a duly appointed peace officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy
  sheriff  of  the  county of Nassau and shall indemnify and save harmless
  such peace officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy  sheriff  from  any
  judgment  of  a  court  of  competent jurisdiction whenever such action,
  proceeding or judgment is for damages, including punitive  or  exemplary
  damages,  arising  out  of  a  negligent act or other tort of such peace
  officer, sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriff committed while in the
  proper discharge of his duties and within the scope of  his  employment.
  Such  proper  discharge and scope shall be determined by a majority vote
  of a panel consisting of one member appointed by the Nassau county board
  of supervisors, one member appointed by the Nassau county executive, and
  the third member being either the Nassau county sheriff or in  the  case
  of a probation officer the Nassau county director of probation.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 4 - Negligence and Malfeasance of Public Officers; Taxpayers' Remedies › 52 - Liability Insurance for Officers and Employees.

§  52.  Liability  insurance  for  officers  and employees. Each city,
  county, fire district, school district, town, village, town  improvement
  district  governed  by a separate board of commissioners and each public
  library as defined in section two hundred fifty-three of  the  education
  law,  may  purchase  liability insurance with such limits as it may deem
  reasonable for the purpose of  protecting  its  officers  and  employees
  against liability for claims arising from their acts while exercising or
  performing  or  in  good  faith  purporting to exercise or perform their
  powers and duties. For the purposes of this section, persons  performing
  services  pursuant to subdivision five of section 170.55 of the criminal
  procedure law, section seven hundred fifty-eight-a or section  353.6  of
  the  family  court  act  or  paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section
  65.10 of the penal law shall be deemed to be employees.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 70 - Payment of Judgments Against Municipal Corporation.

§ 70. Payment of judgments against municipal corporation. When a final
  judgment  for  a  sum  of  money  shall be recovered against a municipal
  corporation, and the execution thereof shall not be stayed  pursuant  to
  law,  or  the  time  for  such stay shall have expired, the treasurer or
  other financial officer of such corporation having sufficient moneys  in
  his or her hands belonging to the corporation not otherwise specifically
  appropriated, shall pay such judgment upon the production of a certified
  copy  of the docket thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
  law to the contrary, in any case where payment for any reason is  to  be
  made  to  an  incarcerated individual serving a sentence of imprisonment
  with the state department of corrections and community supervision or to
  a prisoner confined at a local correctional facility, the  treasurer  or
  other  financial officer shall give written notice, if required pursuant
  to subdivision two of section six hundred thirty-two-a of the  executive
  law,  to  the  office of victim services that such payment shall be made
  thirty days after the date of such notice.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 70-A - Liability for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Lawful Required Payment of Moneys to State Agencies.

§  70-a.  Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required
  payment of moneys to state agencies.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent
  provision  of  this  chapter  or  of any law, general, special or local,
  whenever any municipal corporation is required by law to provide and pay
  any moneys to a corporate or other  agency  or  instrumentality  of  the
  state for a public purpose, any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred
  by  such  an  agency  or  instrumentality  in compelling or enforcing by
  judicial proceeding payment to it of  such  moneys  shall  be  a  charge
  against  such municipal corporation and such municipal corporation shall
  be liable therefor and shall pay the amount thereof  upon  certification
  and approval by the attorney-general, to such agency or instrumentality,
  provided  vouchers therefor, properly certified and approved as required
  by this section, shall be presented to and filed with the  chief  fiscal
  officer  of  the  municipal  corporation  within  six months after final
  determination of such judicial proceedings  in  the  case  of  any  such
  expenses  hereafter  incurred,  and  in  the  case  of any such expenses
  heretofore incurred within six months after this section as hereby added
  takes effect.  The provisions of this section shall apply to and in  the
  case  of  such expenses heretofore incurred subsequent to January first,
  nineteen hundred thirty-two, by such a state agency or instrumentality.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 71 - Liability for Damages by Mobs and Riots.

§  71. Liability for damages by mobs and riots. A city or county shall
  be liable to a person whose property is destroyed or injured therein  by
  a  mob  or  riot,  for  the damages sustained thereby, if the consent or
  negligence of such person did not  contribute  to  such  destruction  or
  injury,  and  such  person  shall  have used all reasonable diligence to
  prevent such damage, shall have notified  the  mayor  of  the  city,  or
  sheriff  of  the county, of a threat or attempt to destroy or injure his
  property by a mob or riot, immediately upon  acquiring  such  knowledge,
  and  shall  bring  an  action  therefor  within  three months after such
  damages were sustained. A mayor or sheriff receiving notification  of  a
  threat  or  attempt to destroy or injure property by a mob or riot shall
  take all lawful means to protect such property; and if he shall  neglect
  or  refuse, the person whose property shall be destroyed or injured, may
  elect to bring his action for damages against such  officer  instead  of
  the city or county.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 71-A - Injury or Death of Person Aiding a Police Officer or Peace Officer.

§  71-a.  Injury  or  death of person aiding a police officer or peace
  officer. A person who, after having been lawfully  commanded  to  aid  a
  police officer or peace officer in effectuating or securing an arrest or
  in  preventing  the  commission  by another of any offense, is killed or
  injured or his property or that of his  employer  is  damaged  and  such
  death,  injury  or damage arises out of and in the course of aiding such
  officer, the person or employer so  injured  or  whose  property  is  so
  damaged  or  the  personal representatives of the person so killed shall
  have a cause of action to recover the amount of such  damage  or  injury
  against  the  municipal corporation by which such officer is employed at
  the time such command is obeyed. In the event of the death of the person
  so commanded to aid an officer, the action  shall  be  governed  by  the
  provisions  of  part  four  of  article  five of the estates, powers and
  trusts law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 71-B - Operation of Snowmobiles.

§  71-b. Operation of snowmobiles. 1. With respect to injuries arising
  from the operation of snowmobiles, no civil action shall  be  maintained
  against  any  municipal  corporation  or an officer thereof in charge of
  highway supervision and maintenance, for damages or injuries  to  person
  or  property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge or culvert being
  defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed, unless prior
  written notice  of  such  defective,  unsafe,  dangerous  or  obstructed
  condition  on  such highway, bridge or culvert was actually given to the
  municipal agent,  officer,  or  employee  authorized  by  section  three
  hundred eleven of the civil practice law and rules to receive service or
  to  the  chief  municipal  officer  in charge of highway supervision and
  maintenance, and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time
  thereafter to  repair  or  remove  the  defect,  danger  or  obstruction
  complained  of,  or,  in  the  absence  of  such notice, such defective,
  unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition existed for so long  a  period
  of  time  that  the  same could have been discovered and remedied in the
  exercise of reasonable care and diligence, conditions resulting from the
  removal or non-removal of snow and/or ice shall not constitute a  defect
  until  seventy-two  hours  after  written  notice  has  been served on a
  municipal corporation as  provided  herein.  No  such  action  shall  be
  maintained  for  damages  or  injuries  to  person or property sustained
  solely due to conditions caused by  snow  and/or  ice  removal,  or  the
  non-removal  thereof from highways designated pursuant to section 8-0303
  of the conservation law.
2.  The  municipal  officer  in  charge  of  highway  supervision  and
  maintenance   and   any  other  municipal  agent,  officer  or  employee
  designated to receive service of process shall transmit  in  writing  to
  the  clerk of the municipal body involved within twenty-four hours or as
  soon as  practical  after  the  receipt  thereof,  all  written  notices
  received by him pursuant to this section.
3.  The  clerk  of each municipal body shall keep an indexed record of
  all written notices which  he  shall  receive  of  the  existence  of  a
  defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition in or upon, or of a
  hazardous   condition   caused  by  snow  and/or  ice  removal,  or  the
  non-removal thereof from highways designated pursuant to section  8-0303
  of  the  conservation  law, which notice shall state the date of receipt
  thereof, and the name and address of the person from whom the notice was
  received. The record of each notice shall be preserved for a  period  of
  five years after the date received.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72 - Acquisition of Lands for Erection of Monuments.

§  72.  Acquisition  of lands for erection of monuments. The governing
  board of  a  municipal  corporation,  or  the  trustees  of  a  monument
  association,  may  acquire  not  to  exceed three acres of land, for the
  erection of an armed forces monument, or a monument or  other  structure
  as  a  memorial  of persons who served as members of the armed forces of
  the United States in any of its  wars,  or  of  some  distinguishing  or
  important  event  in  the history of the state or nation, and for laying
  out such lands as  a  park  or  square.  The  governing  board  of  such
  municipality  may  provide funds for the construction and maintenance of
  such memorial in whole or in part and to this end may authorize payments
  of public funds to the trustees of such a monument association for  such
  purpose.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-B - Acquisition of Lands and Erection of Memorial Buildings.

§  72-b. Acquisition of lands and erection of memorial buildings.  The
  governing board of a town or village  may  acquire  lands  and  erect  a
  memorial  building,  or  lands  with  buildings thereon and remodel such
  buildings as a memorial building or remove such buildings  and  erect  a
  memorial  building,  in  commemoration of the services of the members of
  the armed forces of the United States of the world war  or  any  veteran
  association of any of the wars of the United States, at a total cost not
  to  exceed  one per centum of the assessed valuation of any such town or
  village. If such expenditure is to be paid from  taxes  levied  for  the
  fiscal  year  in  which such expenditure is to be made, such expenditure
  shall be made only upon the adoption of  a  proposition  therefor  by  a
  majority  vote  of the electors of any such town or village qualified to
  vote upon the  submission  of  propositions.  Such  proposition  may  be
  submitted  by  the  governing  board  and shall be submitted in the same
  manner as other town or village propositions are submitted. Two or  more
  adjoining towns may, as herein provided, jointly acquire lands and erect
  a memorial building in the manner and for the purposes herein specified.
  A  town  and  a village wholly within such town may, as herein provided,
  jointly acquire lands and erect a memorial building in  the  manner  and
  for  the purposes herein specified. Taxes levied for the town's share of
  the cost of such acquisition and erection shall be  a  charge  upon  the
  taxable  property  of that part of the town outside of such village, and
  shall be assessed, levied and collected therefrom.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-D - Acquisition of Lands for Park and Parkway Purposes or for District Headquarters for the State Department of Transportation, and Dedication of the Same

§  72-d.  Acquisition  of  lands  for park and parkway purposes or for
  district headquarters for the state department  of  transportation,  and
  dedication  of  the  same in the town of Babylon. The governing board of
  any municipal corporation in the town of Babylon or the  town  board  of
  such  town  may  acquire  by purchase, gift, devise or condemnation real
  estate or any interest  therein  necessary  for  or  incidental  to  the
  construction  of  a  state  park  or  state  parkway,  or  for  district
  headquarters for the state department of transportation, and may  donate
  or  dedicate  the same to the state or may release to the state for such
  purpose existing rights of way or easements not  required  for  town  or
  village  purposes.    If  the  acquisition  be  by such town, the moneys
  necessary therefor shall constitute a town  charge  and  be  raised,  in
  whole  or  in part, by taxation as other town charges or such moneys may
  be raised, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local  finance  law;  if
  the  acquisition  be by a village, the moneys therefor may be raised, in
  whole or in part, by taxation, as other village taxes or such moneys may
  be raised, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-E - Acquisition of Lands for Park and Parkway Purposes and Dedication of the Same by the Counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie.

§  72-e.  Acquisition  of  lands  for  park  and  parkway purposes and
  dedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and  Erie.  The
  board of supervisors of the county of Broome, Monroe or Erie may acquire
  by  purchase,  gift, devise or acquisition pursuant to the provisions of
  the eminent domain procedure law, real estate or  any  interest  therein
  necessary  for  or  incidental  to  the  construction  of  a state park,
  parkway, or boulevard or incidental to the separation of grades  at  the
  intersection  of  the  state  parkway or boulevard and a county, town or
  village road, highway or street, and may donate or dedicate the same  to
  the  state  or may release to the state for such purpose existing rights
  of way or easements not required  for  county  purposes.  The  board  of
  supervisors  of  said  county  of  Broome, Monroe or Erie may cause such
  moneys as may be required to pay for real estate or interest therein  so
  acquired  to  be raised, in whole or in part, by taxation and levied and
  collected as other taxes in such county or such moneys may be raised, in
  whole or in part, pursuant to  the  local  finance  law.  In  the  event
  involuntary proceedings are had to acquire lands for the above purposes,
  then,  and  in  that  case, upon the   vesting of the title to the lands
  described in the petition  as provided in the eminent  domain  procedure
  law  said  lands  may  be  conveyed  by  warranty  deed  for  a  nominal
  consideration by said county to the people of the state of New York,  if
  and  when  it  becomes  necessary  to make such conveyance to effect the
  purposes of this act.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-G - Expenses of Volunteer Firefighters Attending Training Schools and Instruction Courses.

§  72-g. Expenses of volunteer firefighters attending training schools
  and instruction courses. 1. The chief officer of the fire department  of
  a  municipal  corporation  or  fire  district,  subject  to any rules or
  regulations governing  such  department,  may  authorize  the  volunteer
  members  of  the  department  to  attend  training schools or courses of
  instruction for firefighters.
a. If any such school is located, or any such course is given, outside
  the county or outside  one  of  the  counties  in  which  the  municipal
  corporation  or  fire  district  is located, such authorization shall be
  subject to the prior approval of the governing board  of  the  municipal
  corporation or fire district.
b. If any such school is located, or any such course is given, outside
  the  state,  in addition to the approval required in paragraph a of this
  subdivision, such authorization shall be subject to a finding  from  the
  governing  board  that  such training course or school of instruction is
  necessary and in the public interest  and  is  not  available  within  a
  reasonable distance and time period in the state.
c.  Notification  and proof of attendance of any out-of-state training
  school from the chief officer shall be provided to the state  office  of
  fire prevention and control.
2.  The  governing board by resolution may provide for the payment, in
  the same manner as other claims against  the  municipal  corporation  or
  fire district are audited, allowed and paid, of all actual and necessary
  registration  fees  not  in  excess  of fifty dollars and all actual and
  necessary expenses of  travel,  meals  and  lodging  and  all  necessary
  tuition  fees  incurred  by  such  volunteer members in attending such a
  training school, or course of instruction, in this country or in Canada.
3. If such travel is by car owned by the volunteer firefighter, he  or
  she  may  be  paid a reasonable mileage allowance for each mile actually
  and necessarily traveled by him or  her  in  attending  such  school  or
  course  of  instruction.  Such  mileage  allowance  shall not exceed the
  standard travel allowance for mileage adopted or prescribed for  federal
  income  tax purposes. Any claim for such expenses or reimbursement shall
  have endorsed thereon, or attached thereto, a  statement  by  the  chief
  officer  of  the  fire  department  that  the  attendance  had been duly
  authorized by him or her. The provisions of this section  shall  not  be
  deemed  to have amended the provisions of subdivision one of section two
  hundred nine of this  chapter  in  relation  to  participation  in  fire
  training programs which are not conducted as training schools or regular
  or special courses of instruction for firefighters.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-H - Sale, Lease and Transfer to Municipal Corporations of Certain Public Lands.

§  72-h. Sale, lease and transfer to municipal corporations of certain
public lands. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general,  special
or  local  law  or of any charter, the supervisors of a county, the town
board of a town, the board of trustees of a village, the board  of  fire
commissioners of a fire district, the board of estimate of a city, or if
there  be  none  the local legislative body of such city, and, in a city
having a population of one  million  or  more,  the  mayor,  subject  to
disapproval  by  the  council  within  thirty  days following receipt of
notice of the approval of the mayor, may sell, transfer or lease  to  or
exchange  with  any  municipal  corporation  or  municipal corporations,
school  district,  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,   fire
district,  the state of New York, or the government of the United States
and any agency or department thereof, either  without  consideration  or
for  such  consideration  and upon such terms and conditions as shall be
approved by such officer or  body,  any  real  property  owned  by  such
county,  town,  village,  fire  district  or  city;  and  any  municipal
corporation or fire district may acquire or lease such real property  as
provided in this section. The term of any lease entered into pursuant to
the  provisions  of  this section shall not exceed ten years but nothing
herein contained shall prevent the renewal of any such lease.
(b) The provisions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  real
property  which is made inalienable under the provisions of any general,
special or local law or of any charter.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-I - Acquisition of Lands and Erection of Memorial Buildings by Adjoining Villages.

§  72-i.  Acquisition  of  lands and erection of memorial buildings by
  adjoining villages. The governing boards of two  or  more  villages,  of
  which  at  least one boundary of any one adjoins that of any other, may,
  upon the adoption of a proposition therefor by a majority  vote  of  the
  electors of each such village, as herein provided, jointly acquire lands
  and  erect  a  memorial  building,  or  lands with buildings thereon and
  remodel such buildings as a memorial building or  remove  such  building
  and  erect  a memorial building, in commemoration of the services of the
  members of the armed forces of the United States in any of the  wars  of
  the  United States.   Unless otherwise provided in the proposition voted
  upon or unless otherwise agreed upon by the  governing  boards  of  each
  participating  village,  the  share  of  each  such  village in the cost
  thereof shall be in the same proportion as the ratio of  its  population
  to the other participating village or villages. Money to be borrowed for
  payment of the cost thereof shall be borrowed pursuant to the provisions
  of  the  local  finance  law  and  each  village shall be subject to the
  limitations therein contained.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-K - Parking Facilities and Appurtenances Within or Outside of the State Highway Right of Way.

* §  72-k.  Parking  facilities and appurtenances within or outside of
  the state highway right of way. The governing body of any county,  city,
  town  or  village  is  hereby  authorized and empowered to authorize and
  direct such of its officers or agencies as it shall designate  to  enter
  into  agreements  with  the state commissioner of transportation for the
  assumption  of  all  the  rights  and  obligations  for  the  operation,
  maintenance   and  control  of  parking  facilities  and  appurtenances,
  including  connections  to  such  facilities,  as   provided   by   said
  commissioner  of transportation pursuant to subdivisions thirty-nine and
  forty of section ten of the highway law, and to  appropriate  and  spend
  moneys of the county, city, town or village for that purpose.
* NB There are 2 § 72-k's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-K*2 - Notification of Change in Use of Property Used for Recreational Purposes.

* 72-k.   Notification   of   change  in  use  of  property  used  for
recreational purposes.
1. Whenever an owner of real property used for  recreational  purposes
desires  to  change  the  use of such property he shall notify the chief
executive officer of each municipal corporation in which the property is
situated of his intention to so change the use. Such notification  shall
be  made  by  certified  or registered mail and may be given at any time
before the change in use becomes effective. The  notice  shall  indicate
the  location  of the property, the use to which it is presently devoted
and the proposed new use.
2. Failure to give notice pursuant to the provisions of  this  section
shall  not  constitute a cloud on the title nor affect in any manner the
title to the real property involved.
3. As used in this section the term:
(a) "Real property used for recreational purposes" shall  include  but
not  be  limited  to  the utilization of real property for parks, picnic
areas,  swimming  facilities,  golf  courses  and  other  such   similar
facilities available to the general public.
(b) "Chief executive officer" shall mean:
(1)  In  the  case of a county, the county executive or manager, or if
there is none, the chairman of the board of supervisors.
(2) In the case of cities, the mayor, except in those cities having  a
city manager, it shall mean such city manager.
(3) In the case of towns, the supervisor.
(4)  In  the  case  of  villages,  the mayor, except in those villages
having a president or manager, it shall mean such latter officer.
(c) "Change the use" shall mean the use of recreational property or  a
portion   thereof   for   non-recreational  purposes  or  the  permanent
discontinuance of such property or a portion  thereof  for  recreational
purposes.
* NB There are 2 § 72-k's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-L - Navigation and Flood Control Improvements in Cooperation With the Federal Government.

§  72-l. Navigation and flood control improvements in cooperation with
  the federal government. Any municipal  corporation  acting  through  its
  governing  board  or other appropriate authority may; (1) cooperate with
  the  federal  government  as  authorized  in  the  rivers  and   harbors
  improvements  act  of March second, nineteen hundred forty-five, and any
  federal laws amendatory and  supplemental  thereto  in  connection  with
  works   of   improvement   for  navigation  and  flood  control  or  the
  improvement,  development,  dredging,  utilization  or  control  of  the
  watersheds  and  waterways within their boundaries; (2) contribute up to
  one-half of the cost of such improvements as provided under such federal
  laws and provide the funds required therefor by the use of  any  surplus
  moneys  or  budget  funds available for such improvements or may provide
  same pursuant to the provisions of the local finance  law;  (3)  furnish
  free  of  cost  to the United States all lands, easements, rights of way
  and spoil disposal areas for new work, dredged materials and  subsequent
  maintenance  as  required  under  such  federal  laws,  and  acquire the
  necessary  real  property  for  such  purpose  in  accordance  with  the
  provisions  of  any appropriate general, special or local law applicable
  to the acquisition of real property by such municipal  corporation;  (4)
  contract  with  the  federal government including (a) agreements to hold
  and save the United States free from claims for damages  resulting  from
  the  execution  and maintenance of such improvements, and (b) such other
  provisions, covenants and conditions as the federal agency  may  require
  for  effectuating  the  federal  purposes;  (5) (a) apply for and accept
  grants or other financial assistance,  under  existing  laws,  from  the
  state  or county and (b) make agreements to hold and save such state and
  county free from claims for damages resulting  from  the  execution  and
  maintenance   of  such  improvements  and  (c)  such  other  provisions,
  covenants and  conditions  as  the  state  or  county  may  require  for
  effectuating such purposes.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-M - Appropriations for Bicentennial Celebration.

* §  72-m.  Appropriations  for  Bicentennial celebration. A municipal
  corporation may after a public hearing appropriate annually a  sum  that
  it  deems  appropriate  for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the
  preparation and celebration  of  the  bicentennial  celebration  of  the
  United States of America. The provisions of this section shall remain in
  full  force  and  effect  until  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
  seventy-seven.
* NB There are 2 § 72-m's
* NB Expired December 31, 1977
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-M*2 - Emergency Transportation Plans.

* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this
  section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or
  municipality  operating  a  public  transportation system and any county
  within the geographical territory of any transportation authority  shall
  prepare  and  publicize  a plan for transportation to be followed in the
  event mass transportation services  are  discontinued  due  to  a  labor
  dispute,  fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,
  however, that in the case of the five counties comprising  the  city  of
  New  York  such  plan  shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan
  shall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall
  provide for designation  of  emergency  routes  for  vehicular  traffic,
  maximum  utilization  of  existing and emergency parking and alternative
  mass  transportation  facilities  and  such  other   matters   as   such
  transportation  authority,  city, county or municipality shall determine
  appropriate.
A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the  provisions
  of  this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at
  its Albany office. The department shall examine the plan  and  determine
  its  feasibility.  The  plan  shall  be  made  available  to any and all
  persons, corporations, departments  and  agencies  necessary  to  enable
  timely   publication  and  implementation  in  the  event  of  any  such
  emergency.
* NB There are 2 § 72-m's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-N - Air Space and Air and Subsurface Areas.

§  72-n.  Air  space  and  air  and subsurface areas. 1. Any municipal
  corporation acting through its governing board may, in addition to those
  powers granted it by any other provision of law and notwithstanding  any
  other  provision  of  law  to the contrary, lease to any person, firm or
  corporation for business, commercial, private or other lawful  use,  the
  air  rights  over  or  the  subsurface  areas  under any of its property
  together with lands adjacent thereto  which  have  been  or  are  to  be
  acquired  by  it  pursuant  to section thirty-four-b of the public lands
  law, provided that said air space rights and air rights  and  subsurface
  rights  and  adjacent  lands  are  determined by the governing board not
  thereafter to be needed for municipal purposes.
2.  Such  lease  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of   section
  thirty-four-b  of  the  public  lands  law and shall in addition contain
  provisions requiring the lessee to take steps  which  are  adequate  and
  necessary to support and maintain such facilities as are being developed
  by the municipality, the state, or any of its duly constituted agencies.
3.    Title   to   any   buildings,   structures,   substructures   or
  superstructures erected or constructed by the lessee shall vest  in  the
  municipality at the termination or expiration of the lease.
4.  Any such lease may be entered into without recourse to sealed bids
  or public auction provided  that  (a)  the  amount  of  rental  and  all
  essential  terms and conditions of the lease shall have been included in
  a notice published by the governing board in at least one  newspaper  of
  general  circulation in the municipality not less than twenty days prior
  to its proposed execution and that (b) such lease shall be  approved  by
  the  governing  board after a public hearing held not less than ten days
  after the publication of said notice.
5. Interests granted pursuant to this  section  and  any  improvements
  erected  or  constructed  thereunder  shall  be  assessed  and  taxed in
  accordance with the provisions of section five hundred sixty-four of the
  real property tax law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-P - Lease of Real Property by a Municipality.

* §  72-p.  Lease  of real property by a municipality. Notwithstanding
  any provision of any general, special or local law or  of  any  charter,
  whenever  a  municipal  corporation enters into a lease of real property
  the lease agreement shall provide that the tenant  may  not  assign  the
  lease  to  a  third  party  unless  such  assignment  is approved by the
  municipal corporation. A municipal corporation may not  arbitrarily  and
  capriciously withhold its approval of such assignment. The provisions of
  this section shall not apply to the leases of real property to municipal
  or public corporations.
* NB There are two § 72-p's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-P*2 - Establishment of Farmers' Markets.

* §  72-p. Establishment of farmers' markets. 1. The governing body of
  any municipal corporation may establish one or more farmers' markets, as
  defined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law,
  for public purposes and in the exercise of its public powers.
2. Such  municipal  corporation  shall  have  the  power,  charge  and
  authority to:
a. construct, repair, maintain and manage all farmers' markets, market
  places  and  market  lands  of  such  municipality,  and  all buildings,
  structures and facilities thereon;
b. fix fees for services,  licenses  and  privileges  and  rent  space
  therein and enter into leases therefor;
c.  promulgate  guidelines, regulations or rules for the governance of
  farmers' markets, market places and market lands, not in  conflict  with
  the  rules and regulations of the department of agriculture and markets,
  and subject to the approval of the governing  board  of  such  municipal
  corporation;
d. grant or revoke licenses to auctioneers of food in such markets and
  fix a schedule of commissions to be charged by auctioneers;
e.  grant, transfer or revoke permits to buy or sell in such market or
  upon such market places or land; and
f. investigate any complaint in relation to the shipment  of  food  to
  any farmers' market of the municipality.
3. Nothing in this section shall abridge the powers of local boards or
  departments of health as otherwise provided by law.
* NB There are two § 72-p's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 72-R - Adopt-a-Beach Stewardship Program.

§  72-r.  Adopt-a-beach  stewardship program. 1. The governing body of
  any municipality may enter into stewardship agreements with  any  person
  or persons for the purposes of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing its
  publicly-owned  beach,  shoreline  area or portion thereof in accordance
  with the policies of this section.
2. The stewardship agreement shall provide that the beach or shoreline
  area be preserved and maintained in its  natural  state  or  managed  to
  enhance  or  restore  the  natural values they provide.   Activities may
  include:  remediating vandalism and storm damage, picking up litter  and
  trash,  establishing  or  maintaining access or nature trails, providing
  interpretive  services  for  school  groups  and  other  citizens,   and
  otherwise providing positive benefits to the beach or shoreline area.
3.  Stewardship  agreement  with any person or persons may provide for
  assistance of personnel, facilities and supplies of the municipality for
  the purposes of supporting appropriate activities under such stewardship
  agreement.
4. The municipality shall establish procedures by which  a  person  or
  persons  may apply for a stewardship agreement, and shall be responsible
  for working with  such  persons  to  identify  specific  sections  of  a
  publicly-owned  beach  or  shoreline area and specific activities deemed
  appropriate  for  such  stewardship  agreement.  The  municipality   may
  consider  factors  such as safety, environmental sensitivity, need, cost
  and  other  factors  deemed  relevant  in  determining  which  beach  or
  shoreline  area  or  activities  may  be  eligible  or appropriate for a
  stewardship agreement.
5. The municipality  shall  provide  recognition  of  the  stewardship
  activities  by  appropriate  signage  on  or  near  the adopted beach or
  shoreline area, and may provide recognition by such other measures as it
  may determine to be appropriate, including  but  not  limited  to  press
  releases, certificates, and newsletters.
6.  The  stewardship  agreement may be modified in scope or altered in
  any other manner  at  the  sole  discretion  of  the  municipality,  not
  inconsistent  with the provisions of this section. The person or persons
  shall have the option of renewing the agreement subject to the  approval
  of  the  municipality  and  the  continuation by the municipality of the
  adopt-a-beach stewardship  program.  The  municipality  may  immediately
  remove  the  signs  and  it may terminate the agreement upon thirty days
  notice, if in its sole judgment it finds and determines that the  person
  or persons are not meeting the terms and conditions of the agreement.
7. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the municipality
  which  has  entered into a stewardship agreement and its employees shall
  not be liable for damages suffered by  any  person  resulting  from  the
  actions or activities of such volunteers.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 years
notice of removal requirement              allowed
under     $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.
2023 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.
2023 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.