Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 489. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award\nof prizes. Except in the conduct of limited period bingo, not more than\nfive dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room\nor place in which any game or games of bingo are to be conduc…

§ 490. Advertising of bingo games. A licensee may advertise the\nconduct of an occasion of bingo to the general public by means of\nnewspaper, radio, circular, handbill and poster, by one sign not\nexceeding sixty square feet in area, which may be displayed on or\nadjacent to th…

§ 491. Statement of receipts, expenses; additional license fees. 1.\nWithin seven days after the conclusion of any occasion of bingo, the\nauthorized organization that conducted the same, and such authorized\norganization's members who were in charge thereof, and when applicable…

§ 492. Examination of books and records; examination of managers,\netc.; disclosure of information. The governing body of the municipality\nand the control commission shall have power to examine or cause to be\nexamined the books and records of\n 1. Any authorized organization w…

§ 493. Appeals from municipal governing body to control commission.\nAny applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued\nunder this article aggrieved by any action of the governing body of the\nmunicipality to which such application has been made or by which suc…

§ 494. Exemption from prosecution. No person or corporation lawfully\nconducting, or participating in the conduct of bingo or permitting the\nconduct upon any premises owned or leased by him or it under any license\nlawfully issued pursuant to this article, shall be liable to pr…

§ 495. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for\nlicense. Any person, association or corporation who or which shall:\n (1) make any false statement in any application for any license\nauthorized to be issued under this article;\n (2) pay or receive, for the us…

§ 495-a. Unlawful bingo or game. 1. For the purposes of this section,\n"bingo" or "game" shall mean and include a specific game or chance,\ncommonly known as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded on the\nbasis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to number…

§ 496. Article inoperative until adopted by voters. Except as\nprovided in section 495-a, the provisions of this article shall remain\ninoperative in any municipality unless and until a proposition therefor\nsubmitted at a general or special election in such municipality shall b…

§ 497. Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances. Any such\nlocal law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by\nthe common council or other local legislative body of the municipality\nwhich enacted it and such amendment or repeal, as the case may be…

§ 498. Delegation of authority. The governing body of a municipality\nmay delegate to an officer or officers thereof designated by it for that\npurpose any of the authority granted to it hereby in relation to the\nissuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of\…

§ 498-a. Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the\ncharter of any city, or any special or local law, provides that the\nmayor or manager of such city is the chief law enforcement officer\nthereo…

§ 499. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any municipality, person or circumstances shall\nbe adjudged unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the\nremainder of this article or the application thereof to other\nmunicipa…

§ 5. Payment of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees,\ncharges and other amounts by credit card. (a) The following terms, when\nused or referred to in this section, shall have the following meaning:\n 1. "Credit card" means any credit card, credit plate, charge card,…

§ 5-a. Electronic or wire transfers. 1. Notwithstanding any other law\nto the contrary, whenever an officer of a local government, as that term\nis defined in section ten of this article, is authorized or directed\npursuant to law to disburse or transfer on behalf of the local\n…

§ 5-b. Collection of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees,\ncharges and other amounts via the internet. 1. The governing board of\nany local government, as that term is defined in section ten of this\narticle, may, by local law, ordinance or resolution, determine tha…

§ 50. Cause of action not barred. A cause of action in law or equity\nagainst any municipality in the state of New York, or its proper\nofficers, arising from the action of such municipality in derogation of\nits previous grant or covenant, where a previous action shall not have…

§ 50-a. Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles. 1.\nEvery city, town and village shall be liable for the negligence of a\nperson duly appointed by the governing board or body of the\nmunicipality, or by any board, body, commission or other officer\nthereof, to o…

§ 50-b. Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles or\nother facility of transportation. 1. Every county, city, town, village\nand other subdivision of government, notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovisions of law, general, special or local or any limitation conta…

§ 50-c. Liability for negligent operation of certain vehicles in the\nperformance of duty by police officers and paid firefighters. 1. Every\ncity, town, village and fire district, notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of law, general, special or local or the limitation co…

§ 50-d. Municipal liability for malpractice of certain physicians,\nresident physicians, internes, dentists, podiatrists and optometrists in\npublic institutions. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nlaw, general, special or local, or limitation contained in the\npr…

§ 50-e. Notice of claim. 1. When service required; time for service;\nupon whom service required.\n (a) In any case founded upon tort where a notice of claim is required\nby law as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or\nspecial proceeding against a public cor…

§ 50-f. Recording of notice of claim. 1. Wherever a notice of claim is\nrequired by section fifty-e of this chapter as a condition precedent to\nthe commencement of an action or proceeding against a municipal\ncorporation or any authority or commission heretofore or hereafter\nc…

§ 50-g. Recording of notice of defect. 1. Wherever any statute, city\ncharter or local law provides that no civil action shall be maintained\nagainst a city for damages or injuries to person or property sustained\nin consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk …

§ 50-h. Examination of claims. 1. Wherever a notice of claim is filed\nagainst a city, county, town, village, fire district, ambulance district\nor school district the city, county, town, village, fire district,\nambulance district or school district shall have the right to dema…

§ 50-i. Presentation of tort claims; commencement of actions. 1. No\naction or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a\ncity, county, town, village, fire district or school district for\npersonal injury, wrongful death or damage to real or personal propert…

* § 50-j. Liability of police officers for negligence in the\nperformance of duty. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,\nspecial or local law, charter or code to the contrary, every city,\ncounty, town, village, authority or agency shall be liable for, and\nshall as…

* § 50-j. Civil actions against correction employees. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n a. "Member" means any active or retired member of the uniformed force\nas well as any person employed by or retired from the correction\ndepartment of a city. It also means any employee of such …

§ 50-k. Civil actions against employees of the city of New York. 1.\nAs used in this section:\n a. "Agency" shall mean a city, county, borough, or other office,\nposition, administration, council, department, division, bureau, board,\ncommunity board, commission, institution or …

§ 50-l. Civil actions against employees of the Nassau county police\ndepartment. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, code or\ncharter, the county of Nassau shall provide for the defense of any civil\naction or proceeding brought against a duly appointed police offic…

§ 50-m. Civil actions against police and peace officers of Suffolk\ncounty; defense and indemnification. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof any other general, special or local law, code or charter, Suffolk\ncounty, upon discretionary adoption of a local law, ordinance,\nresol…

§ 50-n. Civil actions against peace officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs\nand deputy sheriffs of the county of Nassau. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, code or charter, the county of Nassau shall\nprovide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding brought\n…

§ 500. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited and\nreferred to as the "urban renewal law."\n

§ 501. Policy and purposes of article. There exist in many\nmunicipalities within this state residential, non-residential,\ncommercial, industrial or vacant areas, and combinations thereof, which\nare slum or blighted, or which are becoming slum or blighted areas\nbecause of sub…

§ 502. Definitions. As used in this article and article fifteen-A of\nthis chapter, the following terms shall mean:\n 1. "Governing body." (a) In a city, the board of aldermen, common\ncouncil, commission or other body vested by its charter or other law\nwith jurisdiction to ena…

§ 503. Powers of municipalities. Every municipality is hereby\nauthorized to plan and undertake one or more urban renewal projects and\nshall have the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and\neffectuate such project or projects and the purposes and provisions of\nthis ar…

§ 503-a. Cooperation with agencies. For the purpose of aiding an\nagency established pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen-A of\nthis chapter a municipality may:\n 1. Delegate to such agency such of its powers enumerated under section\nfive hundred three of this article …

§ 503-b. Transfer of projects. Notwithstanding any provision of this\narticle, or of any general, special or local law or charter to the\ncontrary, a municipality may, upon the establishment of a municipal\nurban renewal agency pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen-A of\…

§ 504. Site designation. An area shall be designated by the governing\nbody, or by the commission where so authorized to act by the governing\nbody, on its own initiative or on petition of the owners in fee of not\nless than fifty-one per cent of the land (excluding publicly own…

§ 504-a. Abandoned dwellings and mortgage foreclosures in Nassau,\nSuffolk or Westchester county. 1. Following site designation, pursuant\nto section five hundred four of this article, a municipality or an urban\nrenewal or community development agency in Nassau, Suffolk or\nWes…

§ 505. Urban renewal plan and approval thereof. 1. Following the\ndesignation of an area pursuant to section five hundred four of this\narticle, the agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared an urban\nrenewal plan for such area in its entirety or, where the designated area\ni…

§ 506. Acquisition of property. 1. (a) A municipality, acting through\nits governing body, may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease,\ncondemnation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the\nappropriate general, special or local law applicable to the acquisition\…

§ 507. Disposition of property. 1. In addition to employing any other\nlawful method of utilizing or disposing of any real property, and\nappurtenances thereto or any interest therein owned by a municipality or\nacquired by it pursuant to section five hundred six of this article…

§ 508. State loans. 1. The commissioner may, in the name of the state,\nmake or contract to make loans to a municipality to assist such\nmunicipality to establish and carry out one or more programs of urban\nrenewal. No such loan shall be made where the municipality has\ncontrac…

§ 509. Periodic subsidies. 1. The commissioner may, in the name of the\nstate, make or contract to make periodic subsidies to a municipality to\nassist such municipality in carrying out one or more programs of urban\nrenewal, subject to the limitations contained in the first par…

§ 51. Prosecution of officers for illegal acts. All officers, agents,\ncommissioners and other persons acting, or who have acted, for and on\nbehalf of any county, town, village or municipal corporation in this\nstate, and each and every one of them, may be prosecuted, and an ac…

§ 510. State capital grants. 1. In lieu of making or contracting to\nmake a loan or periodic subsidy, or both, pursuant to sections five\nhundred eight and five hundred nine of this article, the commissioner\nmay in the name of the state,\n (a) in the case of municipalities whic…

§ 511. Authority of municipality; other terms of contract. 1. Any\nmunicipality is authorized to enter into agreement with the state to\nreceive such loans, periodic subsidies and state capital grants to\nassist such municipality to establish and carry out one or more programs\n…

§ 512. Approval of program by commissioner. No contract for a state\nloan and periodic subsidy or for a state capital grant shall be executed\nuntil the program for which such aid is sought has been approved by the\ncommissioner.\n

§ 513. Findings by the commissioner. 1. No loan, subsidy or grant\nshall be made by the state for an urban renewal program unless the\ncommissioner shall find that:\n (a) the municipality or agency, as the case may be, has entered into a\ncontract to receive capital grants, or l…