Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 685. Filing of grievance procedure. Each government shall file with the clerk thereof and with the state civil service commission, on or before November first, nineteen hundred sixty-three, a copy of the grievance procedure established by such government; all subsequent amendm…

§ 690. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "urban development action area act".

§ 691. Policy and purposes of article. There exist in many municipalities within this state municipally-owned areas which were acquired pursuant to the urban renewal powers delineated in article fifteen of this chapter or through condemnation for projects now abandoned or as a d…

§ 692. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall mean: 1. "Governing body". The local legislative body. 2. "Municipality". A city having a population of one hundred thousand or more and the town of Huntington. 3. " Eligible area". Real property, title to whi…

§ 693. Area designation. An urban development action area shall by resolution be designated by the governing body, or by the commission where so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own initiative or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent o…

§ 694. Urban development action area project and approval thereof. 1. Following or in conjunction with the designation of an area or the waiver of an area designation pursuant to section six hundred ninety-three of this article, the agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared, …

§ 695. Disposition of property. 1. In addition to employing any other lawful method of utilizing or disposing of an eligible area, a municipality may sell, lease for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, or otherwise dispose of any such real property and appurtenances thereto,…

§ 696. Tax incentives. Upon the consent of the governing body of any municipality in which an urban development action area project is or is to be located, the real property of a project may be exempted from local and municipal taxes, other than assessments for local improvement…

* § 696-a. Loans. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, an agency is hereby authorized to make or contract to make grants or loans to the owner of any property that is part of an urban development action area project for the purpose of (i) re…

§ 696-b. Condemnation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special or local law, a municipality shall be authorized to exercise its power of eminent domain pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law for the purpose of condemning any interest of a third p…

§ 696-c. Site preparation. A municipality shall be authorized to undertake site preparation for each eligible area prior to its disposition. Such site preparation may include, but need not be limited to, demolition, site clearance and the curing of problems caused by abnormal si…

§ 696-d. Neighborhood improvement projects. 1. As used in this section the term "neighborhood improvement project" shall mean any non-residential use permitted by local zoning. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, the agency in a city having a …

§ 696-e. Charges. A municipality, or an agency, making a loan or grant pursuant to this article, may require the payment of charges by an owner in consideration for the financing, regulation, supervision and audit of such loan, or for regulation, supervision and audit of such gr…

§ 696-f. Servicing. An agency may make provision in a note and loan agreement or by separate agreement for the performance of loan or grant servicing functions, including, but not limited to, functions related to lending or providing a grant for construction, as may generally be…

§ 697. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall be applicable in any municipality wherein the local legislative body has adopted a resolution providing therefor, provided however, that at any time subsequent to the adoption of such a resolution the local legi…

§ 698. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in i…

§ 699. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Long Island workforce housing act".

§ 699-a. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Affordable workforce housing" means housing for individuals and families at or below one hundred thirty percent of the median income for the Nassau-Suffolk primary metropolitan statistical area as defined by the federal Departme…

§ 699-b. Long Island workforce housing program. 1. When a local government approves a subdivision plat or site plan for five or more residential units or a mixed-use development that incorporates five or more residential units, except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of …

§ 699-c. Mortgage counseling for the Long Island workforce housing program. Persons purchasing affordable workforce housing created pursuant to this article, or who receive downpayment assistance pursuant to this article, must attend homebuyer education and mortgage counseling p…

§ 7. Payment of municipal bonds. Where the bonds of a municipal corporation have been lawfully issued, and the payment of the principal or interest thereof shall not have been otherwise paid or provided for, the same shall be a charge upon such corporation, and shall be levied a…

§ 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 ot…

§ 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…

§ 700. Short title. This article shall be known as the "municipal annexation law."

§ 701. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall mean or include: 1. "Annexation." An alteration of the boundaries of a county, city, town or village which has the effect of adding territory to it. Such term shall not include the creation or dissolution of a…

§ 702. Legislative intent. It is the intention of the legislature by the enactment of this article to provide a municipal annexation law pursuant to the provisions of the bill of rights for local governments in subdivision (d) of section one of article nine of the constitution, …

§ 703. Petition by residents or property owners to initiate annexation of territory. 1. Territory in one or more local governments adjoining one or more other local governments may be annexed to the latter pursuant to the provisions of this article. A petition for such annexatio…

§ 703-a. Resolution by governing boards of municipalities to initiate annexation of territory. Except for territory proposed to be annexed which is entirely uninhabited or territory in an agricultural district, or outside of such district but eligible for an agricultural assessm…

§ 704. Notice of hearing on petition or joint resolution to initiate annexation of territory. 1. In the event it is proposed to annex territory, the governing board or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed to annex such territory and the governing…

§ 705. Hearing. 1. Such governing boards shall meet at the time and place specified in such notice or amended and republished notice. The members of the participating boards shall agree on the selection of one of their members to preside at such meeting and in the event no such …

§ 706. Annexation of uninhabited territory belonging to a city or a village. 1. Village-owned territory. If a village is the owner of uninhabited territory adjoining the village, such territory may be annexed to the village if the town board of the town in which such territory i…

§ 707. Disposition of property in area proposed to be annexed. 1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among the affected local governments, as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning the retention, division, regulation, land use or other disposition of rea…

§ 708. Assumption of debt. 1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among any of the affected local governments as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning the apportionment of any indebtedness and any contract or other liabilities, and interest thereon, any …

§ 709. Annexation by a city of territory in fire, fire protection, or fire alarm districts; assumption of indebtedness; property rights. 1. If an annexation of territory by a city includes the entire area of a fire district, the city, as of the date of such annexation, shall bec…

§ 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 i…

§ 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 i…

§ 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 perso…

§ 710. Disposition of taxes and other charges against property in annexed territory. 1. All unpaid or delinquent taxes levied or charges made against or on account of any territory annexed pursuant to this article and existing at the time such annexation takes effect, shall be d…

§ 711. Determination after hearing. 1. Within ninety days after the hearing held pursuant to section seven hundred five of this article is concluded, the governing board of each affected local government shall determine by a majority vote of its total voting strength whether the…

§ 712. Adjudication and determination in the supreme court. 1. In the event that one or more but not all of the governing boards of the affected local governments shall determine that it is not in the over-all public interest to approve the proposed annexation, the governing boa…

§ 713. Election in event of approval. 1. Not later than ninety days after the entry of a final judgment of a court or the filing in the offices of the clerks of the affected local governments of orders of the governing boards of such affected local governments approving a propos…

§ 714. Annexation after election approving proposition. 1. Upon the filing of the certificate or certificates of election approving the proposition together with the notice of entry of a final judgment of a court or of the approving orders of the governing boards of the affected…

§ 715. Effect on certain school districts in which territory is situated. 1. In the case of an annexation to a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants according to the latest federal census, or to any other city having a city school district which is cot…

§ 716. Restrictions and prohibitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of any other law: 1. An annexation shall not affect the boundaries of any congressional district, senate district or assembly district. 2. The date on which any such annexation shall tak…

§ 717. Boundaries and map of local government to which territory is annexed. 1. Within a reasonable time after an annexation pursuant to this article, the governing board of a local government to which territory has been so annexed shall cause (a) a survey to be made of the anne…

§ 718. Construction. 1. References in other laws, etc. With respect to annexation proceedings commenced on or after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, reference in any general, special or local law, county, city or village charter, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulatio…

§ 719. Schedule of laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed and subject to the provisions of this article, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed. SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED Laws of Chapter Section 1909 ..... 64 348 1912 ..... 124…

§ 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 mem…

§ 72-a. Acquisition and development of forest lands. The governing board of a county, town or village may severally acquire for such county, town or village, by purchase, gift, lease or condemnation, and hold as the property of such municipality, tracts of land having forests or…

§ 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 memor…