Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 72-c. Expenses of members of the police department and other peace\nofficers in attending police training schools. The board or body of a\ncounty, city, town or village authorized to appropriate and to raise\nmoney by taxation and to make payments therefrom, is hereby authoriz…

§ 72-d. Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes or for\ndistrict headquarters for the state department of transportation, and\ndedication of the same in the town of Babylon. The governing board of\nany municipal corporation in the town of Babylon or the town board of\…

§ 72-e. Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes and\ndedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie. The\nboard of supervisors of the county of Broome, Monroe or Erie may acquire\nby purchase, gift, devise or acquisition pursuant to the provisions o…

§ 72-f. Acquisition of lands for parkway and airport purposes and\ndedication of the same by counties and municipal corporations. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or the\nprovisions of this article, the governing board of any municipal\ncorporatio…

§ 72-g. Expenses of volunteer firefighters attending training schools\nand instruction courses. 1. The chief officer of the fire department of\na municipal corporation or fire district, subject to any rules or\nregulations governing such department, may authorize the volunteer\n…

§ 72-h. Sale, lease and transfer to municipal corporations of certain\npublic lands. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special\nor local law or of any charter, the supervisors of a county, the town\nboard of a town, the board of trustees of a village, the board o…

§ 72-i. Acquisition of lands and erection of memorial buildings by\nadjoining villages. The governing boards of two or more villages, of\nwhich at least one boundary of any one adjoins that of any other, may,\nupon the adoption of a proposition therefor by a majority vote of the…

§ 72-j. Parking garages and parking spaces; public off-street loading\nfacilities. 1. The governing board or other appropriate authority of a\nmunicipal corporation may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease,\ncondemnation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of any…

* § 72-k. Parking facilities and appurtenances within or outside of\nthe state highway right of way. The governing body of any county, city,\ntown or village is hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and\ndirect such of its officers or agencies as it shall designate to ent…

* 72-k. Notification of change in use of property used for\nrecreational purposes.\n 1. Whenever an owner of real property used for recreational purposes\ndesires to change the use of such property he shall notify the chief\nexecutive officer of each municipal corporation in whi…

§ 72-l. Navigation and flood control improvements in cooperation with\nthe federal government. Any municipal corporation acting through its\ngoverning board or other appropriate authority may; (1) cooperate with\nthe federal government as authorized in the rivers and harbors\nim…

* § 72-m. Appropriations for Bicentennial celebration. A municipal\ncorporation may after a public hearing appropriate annually a sum that\nit deems appropriate for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the\npreparation and celebration of the bicentennial celebration of the\n…

* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this\nsection becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or\nmunicipality operating a public transportation system and any county\nwithin the geographical territory of any transportation authori…

§ 72-n. Air space and air and subsurface areas. 1. Any municipal\ncorporation acting through its governing board may, in addition to those\npowers granted it by any other provision of law and notwithstanding any\nother provision of law to the contrary, lease to any person, firm …

§ 72-o. Expenses of volunteer fire officers and firefighters appearing\nbefore a court or other tribunal. 1. The chief officer of the fire\ndepartment of a municipal corporation or fire district, subject to any\nrules or regulations governing such department, may authorize\nreim…

* § 72-p. Lease of real property by a municipality. Notwithstanding\nany provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter,\nwhenever a municipal corporation enters into a lease of real property\nthe lease agreement shall provide that the tenant may not assign the…

* § 72-p. Establishment of farmers' markets. 1. The governing body of\nany municipal corporation may establish one or more farmers' markets, as\ndefined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law,\nfor public purposes and in the exercise of its public powers…

§ 72-r. Adopt-a-beach stewardship program. 1. The governing body of\nany municipality may enter into stewardship agreements with any person\nor persons for the purposes of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing its\npublicly-owned beach, shoreline area or portion thereof in accor…

§ 73. Cities and villages may hold property in trust for certain\npurposes. Real and personal estate may be granted and conveyed to the\ncorporation of any city or village of this state, to be held in trust\nfor any purpose of education, or the diffusion of knowledge, or for the…

§ 74. Condemnation of real property. A municipal corporation\nauthorized by law to take and hold real property for the uses and\npurposes of the corporation, may, if it is unable to agree with the\nowners for the purchase thereof, acquire title to such property by\ncondemnation.…

§ 74-b. Payment of moving and relocation expenses of residential and\ncommercial owners and tenants of appropriated property. 1. The chief\nfiscal officer of every municipal corporation shall establish and may\namend rules and regulations authorizing the payment of reasonable an…

§ 74-c. Taking of billboards. 1. If any local law, ordinance or\nresolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its\npolice power shall require the removal of any legally erected and\nmaintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased\nor …

§ 75. Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, a\nmunicipal or other corporation shall not have power to acquire by\ncondemnation for the purpose of increasing or improving its water\nsupply, any…

§ 750. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Component local government entity" shall mean a local government\nentity that, as a result of successful consolidation proceedings, is\ncombined into a consolidated local g…

§ 751. Commencing the proceeding. 1. Two or more local government\nentities, whether within the same county or different counties, may be\nconsolidated into a single local government entity if each of the local\ngovernment entities is contiguous to at least one of the other\ncon…

§ 752. Proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body\nor bodies of two or more local government entities may, by joint\nresolution, endorse a proposed joint consolidation agreement for the\npurpose of commencing consolidation proceedings under this article.\n 2. …

§ 753. Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement. No later\nthan five business days after commencement of consolidation proceedings\npursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this title, the governing\nbody or bodies of the local government entities to be consol…

§ 754. Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1.\nThe governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be\nconsolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more public\nhearings on the proposed joint consolidation agreement. The hearin…

§ 755. Referendum resolution for consolidation of towns or villages.\n1. If a joint consolidation agreement calls for the consolidation of two\nor more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns and villages,\nthen contemporaneous with the final approval of the joint conso…

§ 756. Effective date of joint consolidation agreement. Local\ngovernment entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation\nagreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until\nthe effective date of the consolidation specified in the joint\nconsolidation…

§ 757. Initiative of electors seeking consolidation. 1. The electors\nof two or more local government entities may commence a consolidation\nproceeding by filing an original petition, containing not less than the\nnumber of signatures provided for in subdivision two of this sect…

§ 758. Conduct of referendum. 1. A referendum required by sections\nseven hundred fifty-five or seven hundred fifty-seven of this title\nshall be placed before the electors of each of the local government\nentities to be consolidated at a special election to be held not less\nth…

§ 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum. 1. In any\nreferendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots cast shall be\ncounted, returns made and canvassed and results certified in the same\nmanner as other municipal elections or referendums for the local\ngov…

§ 76. Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Westchester and\nPutnam counties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or\nspecial law, a municipal or other corporation not situated within the\ncounty of Westchester or the county of Putnam shall not have power to\nac…

§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\n1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities\nproperly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors …

§ 761. Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\nNo later than five business days after approving a proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of\nthis title, the governing body or bodies of the local government\ne…

§ 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation\nplan. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities\nto be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more\npublic hearings on the proposed elector initiated consolidation pl…

§ 763. Effective date of elector initiated consolidation plan;\npermissive referendum. 1. Local government entities consolidated\npursuant to an elector initiated consolidated plan shall continue to be\ngoverned as before consolidation until the effective date of the\nconsolidat…

§ 764. Court-ordered consolidation; mediation; judicial hearing\nofficer. 1. If the governing body or bodies of local government entities\nwith a duty to prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of this title\nf…

§ 765. General effect of consolidation. 1. On and after the effective\ndate of a consolidation, the consolidating local government entities\nshall be treated and considered for all purposes as one local government\nentity, under the name and on the terms and conditions set forth…

§ 766. Election and appointment of officials. New officials of the\nconsolidated local government entity required to be elected shall take\noffice on the first Monday of January following the election designated\nin the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolid…

§ 767. Effect of transition on employees. Except as otherwise provided\nby law and except for those officials and employees protected by tenure\nof office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining agreement,\nupon the effective date of consolidation, all appointive offi…

§ 768. Debts, liabilities and obligations. 1. All valid and lawful\ndebts and liabilities existing against a consolidated local government\nentity, or which may thereafter arise or accrue against the consolidated\nlocal government entity, which but for consolidation would be val…

§ 769. Effect on existing laws; transition period. Subject to the\nprovisions of the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated\nconsolidation plan, as the case may be, pertaining to the common\nadministration and uniform enforcement of laws in the consolidated local\ngo…

§ 77. Leases of public buildings to posts of veteran organizations,\norganizations of volunteer firefighters, and child care agencies. 1. A\nmunicipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to a post\nor posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign …

§ 77-a. Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument\nby county or city. A county, or a city by resolution adopted by the\ngoverning board of such municipality by a two-thirds vote of its\nmembers, may construct and maintain a memorial building, park or a\nmonum…

§ 77-b. Expenses of certain public officers and employees attending\nconventions, conferences and schools. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall mean:\n (a) Municipality. A city, county, town, village, school district,\ncooperative educational servi…

§ 77-c. Per diem meal allowances for travel on official business.\nWhenever a municipality is authorized or required to reimburse its\nofficers, employees, or the volunteer members or officers of the fire\ndepartment of the municipality, for their actual and necessary expenses\n…

§ 77-d. Traveling expenses for applicants for public employment. The\ngoverning board of each county, city, town, village, school district,\nfire district or other district corporation may, by local law, ordinance\nor resolution, authorize the payment of the actual and necessary…

§ 77-e. Baseball field fence leases in Yates county. Notwithstanding\nany provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter to\nthe contrary, the village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may lease municipal\nbaseball field fences, annually, at a nominal rent, to a not-f…