Title VIL, Village

§ 14-1426 Fees of commissioners. Each commissioner appointed by the\ncounty court is entitled to five dollars for each day necessarily spent\nin making such reapportionment, besides his actual necessary expenses.\nSuch fees and expenses are a charge against the village, and must…

§ 14-1428 Expense of construction; how raised. The expense of\nconstructing a sewerage system may be raised in an entire amount or in\nsmaller sums from time to time as the board of sewer commissioners may\ndetermine. If such expense or any part thereof is to be assessed upon\np…

§ 14-1430 Tax for unpaid assessments. The board of trustees shall\ninclude in the annual tax levy the principal or interest accruing during\nthe same fiscal year upon bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness\nissued on account of default in the payment of local assessments u…

§ 14-1432 Levy of taxes and assessments to pay bonds issued for a\nsewerage system. The board of trustees of any village which shall have\nheretofore issued or may hereafter issue bonds for the purpose of paying\nthe cost of constructing in said village a sewerage system, whethe…

§ 14-1434 Assessments from year to year to pay bond maturities. Where\na sewerage system to serve part of a village has been financed and\nconstructed pursuant to a resolution of its board of trustees\nauthorizing such improvement at the joint expense of such village, the\nUnite…

§ 14-1436 Contracts with other municipalities, sewer districts, et\ncetera. The board of sewer commissioners may contract for the connection\nof the sewerage system thereof with the sewerage system of another\nvillage, or of a town, or city, or of a sewer district or wastewater\…

§ 14-1438 Sewer connections. 1. The board of sewer commissioners may\ncause a notice to be published in the official newspaper of the village\nrequiring the owners or occupants of any and all property fronting or\nabutting on any street or portion thereof in or upon which any pu…

§ 15-1500. Acquisition of lands for cemeteries. The board of cemetery\ncommissioners of a village may, in behalf of the village, accept by\ngift, grant or devise thereto, land for one or more village cemeteries\nwithin the village, or wholly within five miles of the boundaries\n…

§ 15-1502 Division into lots; conveyances of lots. The board of\ncemetery commissioners shall have the supervision and control of all\nvillage cemeteries. It shall cause the same to be divided into lots, and\nprovide for the conveyance thereof to individuals for the sole purpose…

§ 15-1504 Rules and regulations. The board of cemetery commissioners\nmay adopt reasonable rules and regulations for:\n 1. The care, management and protection of the cemetery grounds.\n 2. The use, care and protection of lots in such cemeteries.\n 3. The conduct of persons withi…

§ 15-1506 Assessment of lots. 1. The board of cemetery commissioners\nof any village shall have, in addition to the powers granted by section\n15-1502 of this chapter, the power to assess the owners of lots in any\ncemetery in its respective village subject to its jurisdiction a…

§ 15-1508 Abandonment of cemeteries. a. Petition for removal of\nremains. The mayor of any village may submit a verified petition to a\njudge of a court of record seeking an order directing the removal of the\nremains of any deceased person or persons buried in a potter's field …

§ 15-1510 Cemetery and funeral home combinations. 1. No village shall,\ndirectly or indirectly:\n (a) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real\nproperty dedicated to cemetery purposes or adjacent thereto to a funeral\nentity, or use any of its property for…

§ 16-1600 Reincorporation of special village under this chapter. A\nvillage incorporated by special law and subject to its provisions may be\nreincorporated under this chapter by adopting a proposition therefor.\nSuch a proposition may be submitted at an annual election or at a\…

§ 16-1602 Notice and conduct of election. If the proposition is to be\nsubmitted at an annual election, notice thereof shall be given by the\nboard of trustees by posting notices in five public places in the\nvillage, and publishing the same in the official newspaper at least\nt…

§ 16-1604 Certificate of election. The officers conducting such\nelection shall make a certificate thereof, showing the whole number of\nvotes cast upon such proposition, and the number in favor of and against\nit, and within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls of s…

§ 16-1606 Effect of reincorporation. If the proposition be adopted,\nthe reincorporation of the village under this chapter shall take effect\nimmediately upon the filing of the certificate of election in the office\nof the village clerk and the secretary of state. From and after…

§ 16-1608 Reincorporation of certain villages confirmed. All villages\nin the state incorporated by special laws and subject to their\nprovisions which have attempted to reincorporate under the provisions of\nchapter four hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and\…

§ 17-1700 Application. This article shall apply to any village which\nhas been or may hereafter be incorporated to embrace the entire\nterritory of a town, to any village which has annexed or may hereinafter\nannex territory to embrace the entire territory of a town, and to any\…

§ 17-1702 Effect of alteration of town boundaries. 1. The boundaries\nof a village incorporated or which has annexed territory to embrace the\nentire territory of a town, shall be deemed to embrace the entire\nterritory of such town as such territory may thereafter be extended,\…

§ 17-1703. Filling of village offices, election of officers. 1. Upon\nthe filing of the certificate of incorporation of each village which has\nbeen incorporated to embrace the entire territory of a town in the\noffice of the clerk of the town, the town board of such town shall\…

§ 17-1703-a Filling of town offices; election of officers. 1. In any\nvillage as to which a town is created to be coterminous with such\nvillage, and in any village which after July first, two thousand twelve\nannexes territory to embrace the entire territory of a town, there sh…

§ 17-1704 Succession of powers and duties. In every such village, all\nthe powers and duties imposed by law upon the town board of the town or\nupon any officer of the town or commissioners or boards of any district\nin relation to any water district, or any lamp or street light…

§ 17-1706 Succession of powers and duties relating to public bridges\nand highways. In every such village all powers and duties granted to or\nimposed upon the town board of a town, or upon any officer of a town, in\nrelation to any public bridge or bridges, street or streets, h…

§ 17-1708 Trustees as town board. 1. In any village which has been or\nmay hereafter be incorporated to embrace the entire territory of a town\nthe town board of such town may, upon its own motion, and shall on a\npetition signed and acknowledged by not less than fifty taxpayers…

§ 17-1710 Bond or undertaking by town and village officer. In every\nsuch village where one individual holds more than one office either\nunder the village, town or other law, whether elective or appointive, in\nwhich it is required that he shall give a bond or undertaking he ma…

§ 17-1712 Water districts. In every such village any water districts\ncreated or organized under the provisions of the town law, shall\ncontinue and the board of trustees shall be and they are hereby vested\nwith the full management and control of such districts, and the water\n…

§ 17-1714 Establishment and maintenance of hospitals. 1. For the\npurpose of enabling such villages to procure federal aid under the\nprovisions of the national industrial recovery act in the establishment\nof hospitals, the board of trustees of any village which has been or may…

§ 17-1716 Lamp or street lighting districts. In every such village any\nlamp or street lighting districts created or organized under the\nprovisions of the town law, shall continue and the board of trustees\nshall be and they are hereby vested with the full management and contro…

§ 17-1718 Sewer districts. 1. In every such village any sewer district\ncreated or organized under the provisions of the town law shall\ncontinue, and the board of trustees shall be and they are hereby vested\nwith the management and control thereof, and of the sewer systems\nco…

§ 17-1719 Wastewater disposal districts. All of the provisions of\nsection 17-1718 of this article, relating to the continuance of sewer\ndistricts, shall apply to the continuance of wastewater disposal\ndistricts.\n

§ 17-1720 Fire districts; preservation of fire districts, fire\nprotection districts and fire alarm districts. 1. In every such village\nany fire districts created or organized under the provisions of the\ncounty law, shall be merged in and consolidated with such village and\nsh…

§ 17-1722 Assessment-roll; completion; notice, tax. 1. The board of\ntrustees of any village which embraces the entire territory of any town\nin a county in which the town assessor or assessors are required to\ncomplete the assessment-roll of such town on or before the first day…

§ 17-1722-a Single assessment roll for both town and village purposes.\n1. Except in the town and village of Mount Kisco, Westchester county,\nand notwithstanding the provisions of section 17-1722 of this chapter or\nof any general, special, local or other law to the contrary, i…

§ 17-1724 Taxation and assessment. In every such village all property\nshall be assessed for taxation for state, county, town, village and\ndistrict purposes, in the manner provided by the laws applicable to the\ncounty in which such village may be situated.\n

§ 17-1726 Obligations and property. The outstanding obligations,\ncontracts, and bonds of any such town or of any district therein,\nincurred, made or issued for the purpose of improving the highways\nthereof, or constructing overhead or undergrade crossings, or\nconstructing si…

§ 17-1728 Town budgets. In every such town, the town board shall\nannually, during the month of December, or such other date as may be\napplicable pursuant to section 17-1729 of this article, prepare and file\nwith the clerk of such village an itemized statement in writing of th…

§ 17-1729 Change in fiscal years. 1. The board of trustees of any\nvillage in which a majority of the electors has approved a proposition\nsubmitted to the voters in accordance with subdivision three of section\n17-1708 or of any village in which a proposition has been submitted…

§ 17-1730 Officers. In any such village a person otherwise qualified\nto hold a village office shall not be disqualified by reason of holding\na town office, whether elective or appointive.\n

§ 17-1732 Trees and shrubs and shade tree commission. In any such\nvillage the board of trustees may annually raise by taxation and\nappropriate and expend for planting, care and preservation of trees and\nshrubs in and upon the public highways and public places thereof a sum\nn…

§ 17-1734 Town assessment-roll official. The assessment-roll prepared\nby the board of assessors of such a town shall be the official\nassessment-roll for the town and each special tax district and school\ndistrict or portion thereof, so far as it relates to property lying\nwith…

§ 17-1735 Town legislation to carry over. Notwithstanding any general\nor special law to the contrary in any village which has been or may\nhereafter be incorporated to embrace the entire territory of a town, and\nin any village which has annexed territory to embrace the entire\…

§ 18-1800 Change of name. The name of a village may be changed upon\nthe adoption of a proposition therefor at an annual or special election.\nThe proposition must contain the proposed new name, and be accompanied\nby written notice to the United States Postal Service of such ch…

§ 18-1802 Taxes to pay interest and principal of town highway bonds.\nThe board of trustees of a village which has had or may hereafter have\nits boundaries extended when authorized by a majority vote of the\nelectors thereof at a referendum duly called therein, in behalf of sai…

§ 18-1804 Diminishing boundaries. The boundaries of a village may be\ndiminished by excluding from its corporate limits territory not adjacent\nto nor benefited by either street or sidewalk improvements, electric\nlights, sewers, water works system or fire protection, when any o…

§ 18-1820 Establishment of a commission for village manager. The board\nof trustees of any village may, as an alternative to the adoption of a\nlocal law establishing the position of village manager, adopt a local\nlaw providing for the creation of a commission to study and prep…

§ 18-1822 Establishment of commission by petition. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of section twenty of the municipal home rule law, a\nproposed local law creating a commission as provided in section 18-1820\nof this article shall be submitted to referendum providing such propos…

§ 18-1824 Form of proposition. The proposition submitting such local\nlaw to the electors of the village shall be in substantially the\nfollowing form: Shall local law number..........of\nnineteen............creating a commission to prepare a local law\nestablishing the position…

§ 18-1826 Powers and duties of the commission. The commission created\npursuant to this article shall have all the powers, duties and\nresponsibilities set forth in the local law creating such commission and\nshall immediately, upon final appointment of all members, proceed to\n…

§ 18-1828 Vote on commission report. A commission appointed pursuant\nto this article shall report to the board of trustees within the time\nprovided in the local law creating such commission unless the board of\ntrustees, on its own motion, elects to extend such time, but in no…