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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77 - Leases of Public Buildings to Posts of Veteran Organizations, Organizations of Volunteer Firefighters, and Child Care Agencies.

§  77.  Leases  of public buildings to posts of veteran organizations,
  organizations of volunteer firefighters, and child care agencies.  1.  A
  municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to a post
  or  posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign Wars of
  the  United  States,  American  Legion,  Catholic  War  Veterans,  Inc.,
  Disabled  American  Veterans,  the  Army  and Navy Union, U.S.A., Marine
  Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of  World  War  II,  Jewish  War
  Veterans  of  the  United States, Inc., Italian American War Veterans of
  the United States, Incorporated, Masonic War Veterans of  the  State  of
  New  York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of the United States of America
  Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War  II,
  Amsterdam,  N.Y.,  Inc.,  Polish-American  Veterans  of  World  War  II,
  Schenectady, N.Y., Inc.,  Polish  Legion  of  American  Veterans,  Inc.,
  Vietnam  Veterans of America or other veteran organization of members of
  the uniformed services of the  United  States  who  (a)  were  honorably
  discharged  from  such  service  or  (b) have a qualifying condition, as
  defined in section one of the veterans' services  law,  and  received  a
  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
  (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as  defined  in  section  one  of  the
  veterans'  services law, and received a discharge other than bad conduct
  or dishonorable from such service, or to an incorporated organization or
  an association of either active  or  exempt  volunteer  firefighters,  a
  public   building   or   part   thereof,  belonging  to  such  municipal
  corporation, except schoolhouses in actual use as such, without expense,
  or at a nominal rent, fixed by the board or  council  having  charge  of
  such  buildings  and  provide furniture and furnishings, and heat, light
  and janitor service therefor, in like manner.
2. A municipal corporation  may  lease  to  a  non-profit  corporation
  organized under the laws of the state of New York which is authorized to
  care for children and which is subject to the visitation, inspection and
  supervision  of  the state board of social services a public building or
  part thereof belonging to such municipal corporation, without expense or
  at a nominal rent, fixed by the board or council having charge  of  such
  buildings,  and  provide  furniture  and furnishings and heat, light and
  janitor service therefor, in like manner.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-A - Construction and Maintenance of Memorial Building or Monument by County or City.

§  77-a. Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument
  by county or city. A county, or a city  by  resolution  adopted  by  the
  governing  board  of  such  municipality  by  a  two-thirds  vote of its
  members, may construct and maintain  a  memorial  building,  park  or  a
  monument  at  a  place  within  the municipality or upon any public park
  thereof, in commemoration of soldiers and sailors of the  United  States
  in  any war or wars in which the United States shall have engaged, at an
  expense to be borne by the city or  county  at  large.  Such  resolution
  shall create a committee, to be at all times composed of members of such
  governing  boards,  to  have  charge  of  such  construction and of such
  maintenance,  direct  expenditures  therefor  and  let  a  contract   or
  contracts  for  such construction. Upon the adoption of such resolution,
  the governing board or other proper  authorities  of  such  municipality
  shall  appropriate,  raise by tax in the city or county, as the case may
  be, and make available from time to time to the order of such committee,
  the amount chargeable to the city or county for  such  construction  and
  maintenance. In a city having a board of estimate and apportionment, the
  concurrence of such board, with any action by the governing board, shall
  be  necessary to any action by the city under this section. A county and
  a city wholly contained  therein  may  unite  in  the  construction  and
  maintenance  of  such  a memorial by such resolution being so adopted by
  the governing board of each municipality, at an expense to be  borne  by
  the city and county at large, or by the city and taxable property of the
  county  outside  of  the city, in such manner and in such proportions as
  the resolution shall prescribe. Such resolution shall create a committee
  to be at all times composed of members of each of such governing boards,
  to  have  charge  of  construction  and  of  such  maintenance,   direct
  expenditures   therefor  and  let  a  contract  or  contracts  for  such
  construction. Upon adoption of such resolutions the governing  board  or
  other  proper  authorities of such municipality shall appropriate, raise
  by tax in the city or county, as the case may  be,  and  make  available
  from  time to time to the order of such committee, the amount chargeable
  to the city or county for such construction and maintenance.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-C - Per Diem Meal Allowances for Travel on Official Business.

§  77-c.  Per  diem  meal  allowances for travel on official business.
  Whenever a municipality is  authorized  or  required  to  reimburse  its
  officers,  employees,  or  the volunteer members or officers of the fire
  department of the municipality, for their actual and necessary  expenses
  for meals in conjunction with travel on official business, the governing
  board  of such municipality may determine by resolution to allow and pay
  a reasonable per diem allowance for meals in lieu  of  such  actual  and
  necessary  expenses.  In  determining  the amount of such allowance, the
  governing board shall consider the prevailing costs  for  meals  in  the
  area  in  which  the  travel  will  occur,  but  in  no event shall such
  allowance exceed the standard meal allowance for business-related travel
  adopted or prescribed for federal income tax purposes. For  purposes  of
  this  section, the terms "municipality" and "governing board" shall have
  the same meaning as in section seventy-seven-b of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-D - Traveling Expenses for Applicants for Public Employment.

§  77-d. Traveling expenses for applicants for public employment.  The
  governing board of each county, city, town,  village,  school  district,
  fire district or other district corporation may, by local law, ordinance
  or  resolution, authorize the payment of the actual and necessary travel
  expenses, including meals and lodging, of an applicant for any office or
  position in the service of such  county,  city,  town,  village,  school
  district,  fire district or district corporation.  Such payment shall be
  deemed a purpose of the county, city, town,  village,  school  district,
  fire  district,  or  other  district  corporation  and shall be a charge
  against the taxable  property  within  each  such  county,  city,  town,
  village,   school  district,  fire  district  or  district  corporation.
  However, in the event taxes are levied upon taxable property of an  area
  of   less  than  an  entire  city,  county,  town  or  village  for  the
  compensation or salary of such office or position, the expense  incurred
  under  this  section  shall  be  a charge against such area and shall be
  levied and collected from the taxable property thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-E - Baseball Field Fence Leases in Yates County.

§  77-e. Baseball field fence leases in Yates county.  Notwithstanding
  any provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter  to
  the contrary, the village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may lease municipal
  baseball  field fences, annually, at a nominal rent, to a not-for-profit
  corporation or organization, organized under the laws of  the  state  of
  New York for the purpose of permitting the sale of advertising, with the
  revenues  to be used solely to purchase or repair baseball equipment for
  said organization.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-F - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of Sweden, Monroe County.

§  77-f.  Sports  field  fence  leases  in  the town of Sweden, Monroe
  county.  Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or  local
  law  or  of  any  charter  to  the  contrary, the town of Sweden, Monroe
  county, may lease any and all sports field fences  at  the  Sweden  Town
  Park  annually,  at  a  nominal rent, to a not-for-profit corporation or
  organization, organized under the laws of the state of New York for  the
  purpose  of  permitting the sale of advertising, with the revenues to be
  used solely for the care of said Sweden Town Park on Redman Road in  the
  town of Sweden.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-G - Sports Field Fence Leases in the City of Rye, Westchester County.

§  77-g.  Sports  field  fence  leases in the city of Rye, Westchester
  county. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special  or  local
  law  or  of  any  charter  to the contrary, the city of Rye, Westchester
  county, may lease any and all  sports  field  fences  at  Disbrow  Park,
  Gagliardo  or  Recreation  Park  annually,  at  a  nominal  rent,  to  a
  not-for-profit corporation or organization, organized under the laws  of
  the  state  of  New  York  for  the  purpose  of  permitting the sale of
  advertising, with the revenues to be used solely for the  care  of  said
  parks in the city of Rye, Westchester county.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-H - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of New Castle, Westchester County.

§  77-h.  Sports  field  fence  leases  in  the  town  of  New Castle,
  Westchester  county.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  any  general,
  special  or local law or of any charter to the contrary, the town of New
  Castle, in the county of Westchester, may lease any and all sports field
  fences at Gedney park, Millwood park and the Recreation Field  annually,
  at  a  nominal  rent,  to  a not-for-profit corporation or organization,
  organized under the laws of the state of New York  for  the  purpose  of
  permitting  the sale of advertising, with the revenues to be used solely
  for the care of said  parks  and  field  in  the  town  of  New  Castle,
  Westchester county.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 77-I - Sports Field Fence Leases in the Town of Yorktown, Westchester County.

§ 77-i. Sports field fence leases in the town of Yorktown, Westchester
  county.  Notwithstanding  any provision of any general, special or local
  law or of any charter to the contrary, the  town  of  Yorktown,  in  the
  county  of  Westchester,  may  lease  any and all sports field fences at
  Legacy Field and Granite Knolls Sports Complex annually,  at  a  nominal
  rent,  to  a not-for-profit corporation or organization, organized under
  the laws of the state of New York for the purpose of permitting the sale
  of advertising, with the revenues to be used solely for the care of said
  parks and field in the town of Yorktown, Westchester county.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 78-B - Demolition and Removal of Unsafe Structures.

§  78-b.  Demolition  and  removal of unsafe structures. The governing
  body of any city, town, or village may commence a special proceeding  in
  a  court  of  competent jursidiction to collect the costs of demolition,
  including  reasonable  and  necessary  legal  expenses   incidental   to
  obtaining  an  order  to  demolish,  from  the  owner of any building or
  structure that may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or  unsafe
  to  the public. The provisions of article four of the civil practice law
  and rules shall govern  any  special  proceeding  commenced  under  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 80 - Discrimination Against Non-Residents.

§   80.  Discrimination  against  non-residents.  Any  restriction  or
  regulation imposed by the governing board  of  a  municipal  corporation
  upon  the  inhabitants  of  any  other municipal corporation within this
  state, carrying on or desiring  to  carry  on  any  lawful  business  or
  calling  within the limits thereof, which shall not be necessary for the
  proper regulation of such trade, business  or  calling,  and  shall  not
  apply  to citizens of all parts of the state alike, except ordinances or
  regulations in reference to traveling circuses, shows  and  exhibitions,
  shall be void.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 80-A - Purchasing of Products for Municipal Use.

§  80-a.  Purchasing of products for municipal use. 1. As used in this
  section:
a. "Practicable" means capable of being  used  without  violating  the
  following  criteria:  performance,  availability  at a reasonable price,
  availability within a reasonable period of time  and  maintenance  of  a
  satisfactory level of competition.
b. "Secondary material" means any material recovered from or otherwise
  destined   for   the   waste  stream,  including  but  not  limited  to,
  post-consumer material,  industrial  scrap  material  and  overstock  or
  obsolete inventories from distributors, wholesalers and other companies,
  but such term does not include those materials and by-products generated
  from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.
2.  The  municipality  shall  review the procurement specifications it
  currently uses to  determine  whether  such  require  that  products  be
  manufactured from virgin materials or exclude products manufactured from
  secondary  materials  and  shall make such changes, on or before January
  first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, as may be necessary to ensure that:
a. Where such specifications exclude the use of products  manufactured
  from  secondary  materials or require that products be manufactured from
  virgin materials only, such exclusions or  requirements  be  eliminated;
  provided,  however,  that  specifications  need  not  be  revised if the
  municipality  determines  that  for  a  particular  end  use  a  product
  containing  secondary  materials  would  not  meet necessary performance
  standards.
b. Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended  end
  use are related, and clearly identified when feasible.
c. Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or
  performance standard.
d.   Specifications  incorporate  or  require  the  use  of  secondary
  materials to the maximum extent  practicable  without  jeopardizing  the
  performance or intended end use of the product; provided, however, where
  the  municipality  determines  that  for  a particular end use a product
  containing secondary materials  would  not  meet  necessary  performance
  standards,  such  specifications need not incorporate or require the use
  of secondary materials.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 81 - Peddling and Hawking Farm Produce.

§  81.  Peddling  and  hawking  farm produce. The governing board of a
  municipal corporation shall not by ordinance or  otherwise  regulate  or
  prohibit  the  pursuit  or exercise of hawking and peddling farm produce
  except  hay  and  straw  within  the  limits  of  any   such   municipal
  corporation,  if  such farm produce is hawked or peddled by the producer
  thereof, or his servants or employees; nor shall the governing board  of
  any such municipal corporation pass an ordinance requiring such producer
  of  farm  produce to secure a license for peddling and hawking such farm
  produce within the  limits  of  such  municipal  corporation.    Nothing
  contained  herein  shall  affect  any  pending  action  or proceeding to
  recover penalties imposed for  violations  of  existing  ordinances  and
  regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit wagons
  from  which  farm produce is sold to stand in front of stores or private
  residences for a longer time than may be  necessary  for  the  sale  and
  delivery  of  produce  purchased  by  the  occupants  of  such stores or
  residences; nor to permit the  congregating  of  such  wagons  upon  any
  street  or  thoroughfare  not  set apart by the municipality as a public
  market for the sale of farm produce. This section  shall  not  apply  to
  villages, or to cities of the first class.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 82 - Levy to Pay a Final Judgment; to Be in Addition to Amount Authorized by Law; Money to Be Paid to Judgment Creditor.

§  82.  Levy  to  pay  a  final  judgment; to be in addition to amount
  authorized by law; money to be paid to judgment  creditor.  If  a  final
  judgment  for  a  sum  of money, or directing the payment of money shall
  have been, or shall hereafter be recovered  against  any  county,  town,
  city or incorporated village within this state, and the same remains, or
  shall  hereafter  remain  unpaid,  and  the execution thereof is not, or
  shall not be stayed as required by law, or if so stayed,  the  stay  has
  expired, or shall hereafter expire, it shall be the duty of the board of
  supervisors, if the judgment is, or shall be, recovered against a county
  or  town, or of the common council of the city, or the board of trustees
  of the village, if the judgment is, or shall  be,  recovered  against  a
  city  or  an  incorporated  village,  and the said board of supervisors,
  common council or board of trustees is hereby empowered to assess, levy,
  and cause to be collected at the same time and in like manner  as  other
  moneys  for the necessary expenses of the county, town, city or village,
  as the case may be, are then next thereafter to be assessed, levied  and
  collected,  and  in  addition  to the moneys now authorized by law to be
  assessed, levied  and  collected  for  that  purpose,  a  sum  of  money
  sufficient to pay the said judgment with the interest thereupon, and the
  fees  and  expenses chargeable by law upon the execution, if any, issued
  to collect the same. The moneys  so  assessed  and  levied  as  soon  as
  collected and paid to the proper receiving and disbursing officer, or so
  much  thereof  as may be necessary, shall, from time to time, be paid by
  him to the judgment creditor, administrator or assignee, or other person
  entitled to receive the same by reason of the said judgment, without any
  deduction for his fees or commissions.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 83 - Limitation as to Amount of Money to Be Raised; Special Provision in New York City.

§ 83. Limitation as to amount of money to be raised; special provision
  in New York city.  No restriction or limitation imposed by law as to the
  sum  to  be raised in any year in any city or village shall apply to the
  moneys to be raised for the purposes specified  in  the  last  preceding
  section;  but  the said moneys shall be raised in addition to any sum so
  restricted or limited.
In the city of New York the powers and duties devolved upon the common
  council of a city  by  section  eighty-two  of  this  chapter  shall  be
  exercised by the board of estimate and apportionment.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 84 - Refunding Illegal Assessments.

§  84.  Refunding  illegal  assessments.  Whenever an assessment for a
  local improvement has been annulled by the  judgment  or  order  of  any
  court  any  sum of money which has been heretofore or shall be hereafter
  paid thereon, may be refunded  with  interest  from  the  time  of  such
  payment.  If  not  so  refunded  within  one year, from the time of such
  judgment or order annulling such assessment, an action may be maintained
  to recover such sum with interest thereon.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 85 - Service Charge on Returned Checks.

§  85.  Service  charge on returned checks. 1. The governing body of a
  municipal corporation may by resolution provide for the imposition of  a
  charge  to  be  added  to any account owing to the municipal corporation
  where a tendered payment of such account was dishonored  by  a  bank  or
  depository institution.
2.  Whenever  the  account owing to the municipal corporation is for a
  tax,  special  ad  valorem  levy  or  special  assessment,  the   charge
  authorized  by  the  preceding subdivision shall be included on whatever
  list of delinquent accounts is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.
3. Said charge shall be  determined  and  set  by  resolution  of  the
  governing  body, from time to time, as appropriate, but shall not exceed
  the maximum charge for dishonored checks authorized under section  5-328
  of the general obligations law.
4.  Any  such  service  charge  shall  be collected in the same manner
  prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the  check
  was tendered. In addition, such municipal corporation may require future
  payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
5.  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "municipal corporation"
  shall mean a municipal corporation as defined in  section  two  of  this
  chapter and a school district.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 85-A - Taxation of Transient Merchants.

§  85-a.  Taxation  of transient merchants.  The legislative body of a
  city, the town board of a town or the board of trustees of a village has
  power to provide that  a  tax  shall  be  levied  upon  all  persons  or
  corporations  conducting  transient  retail  business  therein,  and may
  provide for the collection of such tax by requiring a permit  and  bond,
  cash  deposit  or  other security before the commencement of business by
  such persons or corporations. Such tax shall be  based  upon  the  gross
  amount of sales and shall be at the same rate as other property is taxed
  for  the  year  in  such  city, town or village. If at the time such tax
  becomes due and payable, the tax rate for the current year of such city,
  town or village has not been fixed, the same shall be estimated  by  the
  assessors thereof. An ordinance, local law or resolution providing for a
  tax hereunder may require verified reports to be filed from time to time
  relating  to  stock and sales, and may make such further requirements as
  may be necessary in order to determine the amount of such  tax,  and  to
  provide  for  the  collection  thereof.  A  transient  business  is  one
  conducted in a store, hotel, house, building or structure for  the  sale
  at  retail  of goods, wares or merchandise, excepting food products, and
  which is intended to be conducted for a temporary period of time and not
  permanently. If the place in which a business is conducted is rented  or
  leased  for  a  period  of  six  months  or  less,  such  fact  shall be
  presumptive evidence that the business carried on therein is a transient
  business. Any person or corporation failing to pay said tax, or  failing
  to  obey the provisions of an ordinance, local law or resolution adopted
  hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 86 - Regulation of Commercial and Business Activities on Memorial Day and Independence Day.

§ 86. Regulation of commercial and business activities on Memorial day
  and  Independence day.  The municipal officers and boards in the several
  cities, towns and villages of this state now  having  the  authority  to
  enact  ordinances  and  local  laws,  may adopt ordinances or local laws
  regulating the nature of commercial and business activities that may  be
  conducted  on  Memorial  day  and  Independence day and the hours within
  which the various types of commercial and  business  activities  may  be
  conducted on Memorial day and Independence day.  Provision shall be made
  in such ordinances or local laws for punishment of violations thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 86-A - Regulation of Installation of Portable Electrical Equipment Used for Amusement Devices.

§  86-a.  Regulation  of installation of portable electrical equipment
  used for amusement devices. The governing body  of  any  city,  town  or
  village  in  this  state,  may  adopt ordinances or local laws making it
  unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause  to  be
  installed,  or  to  alter,  repair  or  maintain any portable electrical
  equipment connected to fifty or more volts of  electrical  power,  which
  equipment  is  intended  for  use  by the public, either as an amusement
  device or a vending machine, unless such equipment shall be so installed
  that all exposed metal  or  other  conducting  surfaces  and  parts  are
  effectively  grounded  in  a  manner  approved  by  existing  electrical
  installation codes. Provisions shall be made in such ordinances or local
  laws for punishment of violations thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 87 - Support and Maintenance of Charitable and Other Institutions.

§  87.  Support  and maintenance of charitable and other institutions.
  Boards  of  estimate  and  apportionment,  common  councils,  boards  of
  aldermen,  boards  of  supervisors,  town  boards, boards of trustees of
  villages and all other boards or officers of counties, cities, towns and
  villages, authorized to appropriate and to raise money by  taxation  and
  to  make payments therefrom, are hereby authorized, in their discretion,
  to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to make payments  from
  said  moneys,  and  from  any  moneys received from any other source and
  properly applicable thereto, to charitable,  eleemosynary,  correctional
  and reformatory institutions wholly or partly under private control, for
  the  care, support and maintenance of their incarcerated individuals and
  out-patients, of the moneys which are or may be  appropriated  therefor;
  such  payments  to be made only for such incarcerated individuals as are
  received and retained therein pursuant to regulations established by the
  state department of social services or other state department having the
  power of inspection thereof. In the absence within the state of adequate
  facilities conveniently accessible, payments for the support,  care  and
  maintenance  of incarcerated individuals and out-patients may be made to
  institutions, wholly or partly under private control, of a charitable or
  eleemosynary character, located without the state, which institutions if
  located within the state would be subject to the visitation,  inspection
  and  supervision  of  the  department  of social services. However, such
  payments may be made only to institutions conducted in  conformity  with
  the regulations of such department.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 88 - Disposition of Stray or Unwanted Dogs by Municipality.

* §  88.  Disposition  of stray or unwanted dogs by municipality. 1. A
  municipality may by  local  law  or  ordinance  provide  that  stray  or
  unwanted dogs be given to an agency which trains seeing eye dogs or to a
  police department which trains dogs as guards.
2.  The  agency or department may by written order requisition in lieu
  of  destruction  or  intended  destruction,  unlicensed,   unwanted   or
  unclaimed dogs which may be seized and impounded pursuant to law.
3.  Any animal so requisitioned shall be retained within the pound for
  at least five days in addition to the period  within  which  it  may  be
  claimed  by  its owner, and if still unclaimed may then be given to such
  requisitioner.
4. Licensed dogs surrendered to the municipality or an animal  shelter
  shall  not  be  requisitioned  without  the written consent of the owner
  obtained at the time of the surrender.
* NB There are 2 § 88's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 88-A - Merit Award Board to Reward Employees for Suggestions.

§  88-a. Merit award board to reward employees for suggestions. 1. Any
  city, county, town, village, school district  or  board  of  cooperative
  educational  services  is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a
  merit award board  for  the  purpose  of  rewarding  its  employees  for
  suggestions which result in a more efficient and economical operation of
  its government and may raise and expend moneys for the purposes thereof.
2.  In  cities  such  board  shall  consist  of the mayor, corporation
  counsel and such council members as may be designated by the council and
  in counties such board shall consist  of  the  chair  of  the  board  of
  supervisors and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board. In
  towns  such  board shall consist of the town supervisor and such members
  as the town council  shall  designate.  In  villages  such  board  shall
  consist of the mayor and members designated by the board of trustees. In
  school districts, such board shall consist of the president of the board
  of education and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board of
  education.  In  boards  of  cooperative educational services, such board
  shall consist of the president of the board of  cooperative  educational
  services  and  such  members  thereof as shall be chosen by the board of
  cooperative educational services.
3. Such merit award boards when so established shall  make  rules  and
  regulations   to   provide   for  the  rewarding  of  employees  of  the
  municipality,  school  district  or  board  of  cooperative  educational
  services for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
4.  Nothing  herein  contained shall in any way add to or diminish the
  existing powers of the city of New York with reference to  establishment
  of a merit award board, and its powers.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 89 - Payment of Debts of Illegal Corporations.

§  89.  Payment  of debts of illegal corporations. Whenever an attempt
  has been or is hereafter made to create a municipal corporation,  either
  by  special  act  of  the  legislature or by proceedings taken under the
  general laws of the state, and such corporation has chosen officers  and
  has  exercised  the powers, duties and authority vested in it by the law
  under which it purports to have been created, and such  corporation  has
  become  indebted  to  any  person,  association  or  corporation  in the
  aggregate amount of five hundred dollars or more, and  such  corporation
  shall  have  been  held  or  declared to be no corporation by a court of
  record of competent jurisdiction  of  this  state,  either  because  the
  special   act  creating  it  is  declared  to  be  unconstitutional,  or
  otherwise, then such corporation shall be deemed a de facto  corporation
  for  the  purpose of winding up its affairs and paying its indebtedness;
  and its officers shall be deemed de facto officers and  shall  have  all
  the  powers and authority and shall perform all the functions and duties
  vested in or required of them under  the  law  pursuant  to  which  such
  corporation  was  attempted to be created, so far as may be necessary to
  liquidate  the  affairs  of  such  corporation  and  to  pay  its  money
  obligations,  including  all the power and authority to assess, levy and
  collect taxes upon the taxable persons and property within the corporate
  limits of such illegal corporation,  to  such  an  amount  as  shall  be
  sufficient  to  pay  obligations  of  such  corporation  and the expense
  incident thereto.
2. Such de facto officers shall keep an accurate record of  all  their
  proceedings  hereunder, including the amount of money raised by taxation
  and the purpose for which it was raised and the  amount  of  money  paid
  out,  to  whom  and  for what purpose. They shall audit all bills before
  payment and shall take receipts for all moneys paid out.
3. When all the indebtedness of such illegal corporation has been paid
  and its obligations discharged, such de  facto  officers  shall  make  a
  full,  complete  and accurate report, under oath, to the county judge of
  the county in which such illegal corporation is located or to a  justice
  of the supreme court of all their proceedings hereunder and on the order
  of  such  judge or justice approving and confirming such report, such de
  facto officers shall be discharged and their functions and duties  shall
  cease.  Such report and order shall be filed in the office of the county
  clerk of the county in which such illegal corporation was located.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 90 - Payment of Overtime Compensation to Public Officers or Employees.

§   90.  Payment  of  overtime  compensation  to  public  officers  or
  employees. The governing board of each municipal  corporation  or  other
  civil  division or political subdivision of the state, or in the city of
  New York, the mayor, by ordinance, local law, resolution, order or rule,
  may provide for the payment of  overtime  compensation  to  any  or  all
  public  officers  except  elective officers and those officers otherwise
  excluded by  law  and  to  any  or  all  public  employees  under  their
  jurisdiction at the regular basic pay rate of such officers or employees
  for  all  time such officers or employees are required to work in excess
  of their regularly established hours of employment or at such other rate
  as such governing board, or in the city of  New  York,  the  mayor,  may
  authorize.  The  amounts  received  as  overtime compensation under this
  section shall be regarded as salary  or  compensation  for  any  of  the
  purposes  of  any  pension  or retirement system of which the officer or
  employee receiving the same is a member, except as set forth in sections
  five hundred one, six hundred one,  and  twelve  hundred  three  of  the
  retirement and social security law. Such overtime compensation shall not
  be regarded as salary or compensation for the purpose of determining the
  right  to  any  increase of salary or any salary increment on account of
  length of service or otherwise. No such overtime compensation  shall  be
  construed to constitute a promotion.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 91 - Payment of Rewards for Apprehension and Conviction of a Person or Persons Guilty of Felony or Misdemeanor.

§  91.  Payment of rewards for apprehension and conviction of a person
  or persons guilty of felony or misdemeanor. The governing board  of  any
  municipal  corporation  shall  have  power to offer, appropriate and pay
  rewards of not more than one  thousand  dollars  for  information  which
  shall  lead  to  detection, arrest and conviction of a person or persons
  guilty of a misdemeanor and not more than twenty-five  thousand  dollars
  for information which shall lead to the detection, arrest and conviction
  of  a  person  or  persons  guilty  of  a  felony or felonies; provided,
  however, that no  police  officer,  peace  officer,  or  any  other  law
  enforcement   officer   or  official  shall  be  entitled,  directly  or
  indirectly, to collect any such reward.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 91-A - Arson Investigation.

§  91-a.  Arson  investigation.  1.  Every  municipal corporation, the
  office of fire prevention and control, and any  two  or  more  municipal
  corporations jointly, are hereby authorized and empowered to investigate
  and  to  take  such  action as may be required to formulate task forces,
  teams, fire and/or police investigative units to investigate any case of
  a burn injury or wound sustained as reported pursuant to section  265.26
  of  the  penal law, and to ascertain the cause of fires or explosions of
  suspicious   origin   within   the   municipality    or    participating
  municipalities, pursue necessary investigation thereof and assist in the
  preparation  and prosecution of cases stemming from any alleged criminal
  activity attendant to such fires or explosions. In the case of  a  joint
  endeavor  by  two or more municipal corporations, the share of the costs
  to be borne by  each  such  municipal  corporation  shall  be  fixed  by
  contract.  The  expenditure  of  moneys  for such purpose by a municipal
  corporation shall be deemed a lawful municipal purpose  and  the  moneys
  appropriated  for  the  purpose  shall be raised by tax upon the taxable
  real property within the municipal corporation in  the  same  manner  as
  moneys  for  other lawful municipal purposes. Each municipal corporation
  is hereby authorized to accept and disburse grants of public or  private
  money  or  other  aid  paid  or  made  available by the state or federal
  government for such purpose or purposes.
2. Where an investigative unit formed by this section has investigated
  a fire and such fire is suspected to have been ignited  by  a  cigarette
  and  not  caused  by  arson, the investigative unit shall forward to the
  office of fire prevention and control within fourteen days of completing
  the investigation into such fire information detailing,  to  the  extent
  possible: (a) the specific brand and style of the cigarette suspected of
  having  ignited  such fire; (b) whether the cigarette package was marked
  as required by subdivision six of section one hundred fifty-six-c of the
  executive law; and (c) the location and manner in which  such  cigarette
  was purchased.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 92 - Vacations, Sick Leaves and Leaves of Absence of Officers and Employees.

§  92.  Vacations,  sick  leaves and leaves of absence of officers and
  employees. 1. The governing board of each county, city,  town,  village,
  school district, and of each fire district or other district corporation
  and  of  each  civil  or  political  division of the state by local law,
  ordinance or resolution, or in the city of New York the mayor  by  order
  may  grant  vacations, sick leaves and leaves of absence to its officers
  or employees with or without pay and  adopt  rules  and  regulations  in
  relation  thereto.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any such
  governing board or mayor may  also  in  like  manner  provide  for  cash
  payment of the monetary value of accumulated and unused vacation time or
  time allowances granted in lieu of overtime compensation standing to the
  credit  of  its  officers  and employees at the time of their separation
  from the service, or in case of death in service, to be  paid  to  their
  beneficiaries.
2.  An employee of a county, city, town, village, school district, and
  of each fire district or other district corporation and of each civil or
  political  division  of  the  state  who  is  elected  by  an   employee
  organization certified or recognized by the employer pursuant to article
  fourteen of the civil service law may be granted a leave of absence from
  their  regular  position  for  the purpose of serving with such employee
  organization.
3. The governing board of each county,  city,  town,  village,  school
  district, and of each fire district or other district corporation and of
  each  civil or political division of the state may provide by local law,
  ordinance or resolution or in the city of New York the mayor  by  order,
  that  vacations granted to its officers and employees shall be earned by
  and credited to them for each day, week or month of service and for  the
  payment for such earned and credited vacations prior to the commencement
  thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 92-B - Audit of Claims Under Certain Contracts for Administering Medical Assistance.

§  92-b.  Audit  of  claims  under certain contracts for administering
  medical assistance. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section  three
  hundred  sixty-nine of the county law or any other law, general, special
  or local, relating to the audit and payment of claims for the payment of
  money by a municipal corporation, a contract made pursuant to  paragraph
  d  of  subdivision one of section three hundred sixty-five of the social
  services law, between a  municipal  corporation  constituting  a  public
  welfare district and a non-profit membership corporation organized under
  article  forty-three  of the insurance law or with any insurance company
  authorized to do business in this state, for the administration  of  all
  or  any part of the medical assistance required to be furnished pursuant
  to title eleven of article five of the  social  services  law,  may,  in
  addition  to its other provisions, authorize such membership corporation
  or insurance company to audit and make payment with  respect  to  claims
  for such medical assistance.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 92-C - Emergency Service Volunteer; Paid Leave.

§  92-c.  Emergency service volunteer; paid leave. Notwithstanding any
  provisions of law to the contrary,  public  officers  and  employees  of
  municipal  corporations  and  school  districts who are certified by the
  American Red Cross as disaster volunteers shall be  granted  leave  from
  work  with  pay to participate in specialized disaster relief operations
  upon written request for such services by the  American  Red  Cross  and
  upon  the  approval  of the chief executive of the municipal corporation
  for which the public officer or employee serves or upon the approval  of
  the superintendent of the school district for which the employee serves.
  The  public  officer  or  employee  shall  be  compensated at his or her
  regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the public
  officer  or  employee  is  absent  from  work  while  participating   in
  authorized  specialized  disaster relief operations. Such leave shall be
  provided without loss of seniority, compensation, sick  leave,  vacation
  leave or other overtime compensation to which the volunteer is otherwise
  entitled and shall not exceed twenty days in any calendar year.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 93 - Payment of Certain Insurance Premiums for Officers and Employees of Municipal Corporations and Agencies or Instrumentalities Thereof.

§ 93. Payment of certain insurance premiums for officers and employees
  of  municipal corporations and agencies or instrumentalities thereof. 1.
  The fiscal or disbursing  officer  of  every  municipal  corporation  is
  hereby  authorized  to  deduct from the wage or salary of any officer or
  employee of the municipality who is insured under  any  group  or  group
  plan  of  life,  group  accident  or  group health insurance or who is a
  member of a corporation existing by virtue of article forty-three of the
  insurance law, such amounts for the payment of the premium  or  premiums
  or  payments  thereon,  as  such  officer  or  employee may specify in a
  writing filed with the said fiscal or disbursing officer and transmit to
  the insurer the sum so deducted. Any such written authorization  may  be
  withdrawn  by such officer or employee or member at any time upon filing
  written notice of such withdrawal with the fiscal or disbursing officer.
  The provisions of this section shall apply to and  be  effective  within
  every  city, county, town, village, school district and organized public
  district in the state.
2. A  municipal  corporation,  including  a  fire  district,  or  town
  improvement district governed by a separate board of commissioners, if a
  group plan of life insurance provides that the employer shall contribute
  a share of the cost of such insurance for its officers and employees, or
  for  the  officers or employees of an agency or instrumentality thereof,
  is authorized to appropriate a sum required to be paid under  such  plan
  by the municipal corporation as employer. The sum to be paid by it under
  such  plan,  in  the discretion of the municipal corporation, may be any
  percentage of the total cost,  including  the  whole  thereof.  For  the
  purposes  of this section, the term employee shall include the volunteer
  firefighters  of  the  municipality  or  fire  district  or   employees,
  commissioners,  or officers of a town improvement district governed by a
  separate board of commissioners.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 93-A - Written Statement of Deductions to Accompany Payment of Salary or Wages to Officers or Employees in Certain Cases.

§ 93-a. Written statement of deductions to accompany payment of salary
  or  wages  to  officers or employees in certain cases. On and after July
  first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, the chief fiscal  officer  of  every
  municipal corporation may, upon request in writing therefor, cause to be
  given  to any officer or employee with any payment of salary or wages, a
  statement in writing of all deductions made from  the  basic  amount  of
  such salary or wages.
The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply to cities with a
  population of one million or more.