Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 81. Peddling and hawking farm produce. The governing board of a\nmunicipal corporation shall not by ordinance or otherwise regulate or\nprohibit the pursuit or exercise of hawking and peddling farm produce\nexcept hay and straw within the limits of any such municipal\ncorporat…

§ 810. Additional definitions. As used in sections eight hundred\neleven and eight hundred twelve of this article:\n 1. The term "political subdivision" shall mean a county, city, town or\nvillage having a population of fifty thousand or more and shall include\na city with a pop…

§ 811. Promulgation of form of annual statement of financial\ndisclosure; authority of governing body with respect to persons subject\nthereto. 1. (a) The governing body of each political subdivision may,\nnot later than January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, and the\ngover…

§ 812. Financial disclosure for local elected officials and certain\nofficers and employees of counties, cities, towns and villages.\n 1. (a) Any political subdivision or other county, city, town or\nvillage to which all of the provisions of this section are made\napplicable, wh…

§ 82. Levy to pay a final judgment; to be in addition to amount\nauthorized by law; money to be paid to judgment creditor. If a final\njudgment for a sum of money, or directing the payment of money shall\nhave been, or shall hereafter be recovered against any county, town,\ncity…

§ 83. Limitation as to amount of money to be raised; special provision\nin New York city. No restriction or limitation imposed by law as to the\nsum to be raised in any year in any city or village shall apply to the\nmoneys to be raised for the purposes specified in the last pre…

§ 84. Refunding illegal assessments. Whenever an assessment for a\nlocal improvement has been annulled by the judgment or order of any\ncourt any sum of money which has been heretofore or shall be hereafter\npaid thereon, may be refunded with interest from the time of such\npaym…

§ 85. Service charge on returned checks. 1. The governing body of a\nmunicipal corporation may by resolution provide for the imposition of a\ncharge to be added to any account owing to the municipal corporation\nwhere a tendered payment of such account was dishonored by a bank o…

§ 85-a. Taxation of transient merchants. The legislative body of a\ncity, the town board of a town or the board of trustees of a village has\npower to provide that a tax shall be levied upon all persons or\ncorporations conducting transient retail business therein, and may\nprov…

§ 850. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "New York State\nIndustrial Development Agency Act."\n

§ 852. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared to be the\npolicy of this state to promote the economic welfare, recreation\nopportunities and prosperity of its inhabitants and to actively promote,\nattract, encourage and develop recreation, economically sound comme…

§ 854. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n (1) "Agency"--shall mean an Industrial Development Agency created\npursuant to this act.\n (2) "Bonds"--shall mean the bonds, notes, interim certificates and\nother obligations issued by the agenc…

§ 856. Organization of industrial development agencies. 1. (a) Upon\nthe establishment of an industrial development agency by special act of\nthe legislature, the governing body of the municipality for whose\nbenefit such agency is established shall file within six months after\…

§ 857. Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings. The\nagency shall, to the extent practicable, stream all open meetings and\npublic hearings on its website in real-time. The agency shall post video\nrecordings of all open meetings and public hearings on its website\…

§ 858. Purposes and powers of the agency. The purposes of the agency\nshall be to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the acquiring,\nconstructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and\nfurnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, researc…

§ 858-a. Compensation, procurement and investment. 1. The compensation\nof an officer or full-time employee of the agency (but not including\npart-time employees or consultants, including accountants, attorneys and\nbond counsel to the agency) shall not be contingent on the gran…

§ 858-b. Equal employment opportunities. 1. Each agency shall ensure\nthat all employees and applicants for employment are afforded equal\nemployment opportunity without discrimination.\n 2. Except as is otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts\nor agreements, new e…

§ 859. Financial records. 1. (a) Each agency shall maintain books and\nrecords in such form as may be prescribed by the state comptroller.\n (b) Within ninety days following the close of its fiscal year, each\nagency or authority shall prepare a financial statement for that fisc…

§ 859-a. Additional prerequisites to the provisions of financial\nassistance. Prior to providing any financial assistance of more than one\nhundred thousand dollars to any project, the agency must comply with the\nfollowing prerequisites:\n 1. The agency must adopt a resolution …

§ 859-b. Special procedure for the provision of financial assistance\nto continuing care retirement communities. 1. Any applicant for\nfinancing of a continuing care retirement community shall present a\ncompleted application for a certificate of authority and documentation\nest…

§ 86. Regulation of commercial and business activities on Memorial day\nand Independence day. The municipal officers and boards in the several\ncities, towns and villages of this state now having the authority to\nenact ordinances and local laws, may adopt ordinances or local la…

§ 86-a. Regulation of installation of portable electrical equipment\nused for amusement devices. The governing body of any city, town or\nvillage in this state, may adopt ordinances or local laws making it\nunlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to be\n…

§ 860. Moneys of the agency. The agency shall have power to contract\nwith the holders of any of its bonds or notes as to the custody,\ncollection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys of the agency\nor any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or\…

§ 861. Notification of budget. Each agency shall mail or deliver to\nthe chief executive officer and the governing body of the municipality\nfor whose benefit the agency was established and make available for\npublic inspection and comment its proposed budget for the forthcoming…

§ 862. Restrictions on funds of the agency. (1) No funds of the agency\nshall be used in respect of any project if the completion thereof would\nresult in the removal of an industrial or manufacturing plant of the\nproject occupant from one area of the state to another area of t…

§ 862-a. Additional restrictions on funds of the agency in connection\nwith continuing care retirement communities. No resolution authorizing\nthe issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations of the agency, or for\nproviding financial assistance in any respect, for any continui…

§ 864. Bonds of the agency. (1) The agency shall have the power and is\nhereby authorized from time to time to issue negotiable bonds for any of\nits corporate purposes without limitation as to amount. The agency shall\nhave power from time to time and whenever it deems refundin…

§ 866. Notes of the agency. The agency shall have power from time to\ntime to issue notes and from time to time to issue renewal notes (herein\nreferred to as notes) maturing not later than five years from their\nrespective original dates for any purpose or purposes for which bo…

§ 868. Agreements of the municipality and state. The municipality is\nauthorized to, and the state does hereby, pledge to and agree with the\nholders of the bonds or notes that neither the municipality nor the\nstate, respectively, will limit or alter the rights, hereby vested i…

§ 87. Support and maintenance of charitable and other institutions.\nBoards of estimate and apportionment, common councils, boards of\naldermen, boards of supervisors, town boards, boards of trustees of\nvillages and all other boards or officers of counties, cities, towns and\nv…

§ 870. State and municipality not liable on bonds or notes. The bonds\nor notes and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of\nthe state or of the municipality, and neither the state nor the\nmunicipality shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of\…

§ 872. Bonds and notes as legal investment. The bonds and notes are\nhereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this\nstate and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance\ncompanies and associations and other persons carrying on an insura…

§ 874. Tax exemptions. (1) It is hereby determined that the creation\nof the agency and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all\nrespects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and is a\npublic purpose, and the agency shall be regarded as performing …

§ 875. Special provisions applicable to state sales and compensating\nuse taxes and certain types of facilities. 1. For purposes of this\nsection: "state sales and use taxes" means sales and compensating use\ntaxes and fees imposed by article twenty-eight or twenty-eight-A of th…

§ 876. Tax contract by the state. The state covenants with the\npurchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds or\nnotes issued by the agency pursuant to this title, in consideration of\nthe acceptance of and payment for the bonds or notes, that the bonds an…

§ 878. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders. (1) In the event that\nthe agency shall default in the payment of principal or of interest on\nany issue of the bonds or notes after the same shall become due, whether\nat maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shal…

* § 88. Disposition of stray or unwanted dogs by municipality. 1. A\nmunicipality may by local law or ordinance provide that stray or\nunwanted dogs be given to an agency which trains seeing eye dogs or to a\npolice department which trains dogs as guards.\n 2. The agency or depa…

* § 88. Catv franchises prohibited. 1. As used in this section, the\nfollowing words shall have the following meanings unless the context\nshall indicate another or different meaning.\n (a) "Catv company". Any individual, partnership, association or\ncorporation owning, controll…

§ 88-a. Merit award board to reward employees for suggestions. 1. Any\ncity, county, town, village, school district or board of cooperative\neducational services is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a\nmerit award board for the purpose of rewarding its employees for\n…

§ 880. Actions against the agency. (1) In an action against the agency\nfounded upon tort, the complaint shall contain an allegation that at\nleast thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon\nwhich the action is founded were presented to a member of the agen…

§ 882. Termination of the agency. Whenever all of the bonds or notes\nissued by the agency shall have been redeemed or cancelled, and all\nstraight-lease transactions have been terminated, the agency shall cease\nto exist and all rights, titles, and interest and all obligations …

§ 883. Conflicts of interest. All members, officers, and employees of\nan agency or industrial development authority established by this\nchapter or created by the public authorities law shall be subject to the\nprovisions of article eighteen of this chapter.\n

§ 884. Public bidding. The provisions of any law relating to the\nrequirement of public bidding with respect to the construction of public\nfacilities or projects shall not be applicable to the acquisition,\nconstruction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, equipping and\n…

§ 886. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, clause or provision of this title shall be\nunconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and\neffect…

§ 888. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, or of any local laws of the municipality,\nthe provisions of this title shall be controlling except in ca…

§ 89. Payment of debts of illegal corporations. Whenever an attempt\nhas been or is hereafter made to create a municipal corporation, either\nby special act of the legislature or by proceedings taken under the\ngeneral laws of the state, and such corporation has chosen officers …

* § 890. Wayne county industrial development agency. For the benefit\nof the county of Wayne and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial\ndevelopment agency, to be known as the WAYNE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL\nDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any\nor al…

* § 890-a. City of Dunkirk industrial development agency. For the\nbenefit of the city of Dunkirk and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the CITY OF DUNKIRK\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of a…

* § 890-b. County of Cattaraugus industrial development agency. 1. For\nthe benefit of the county of Cattaraugus and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the COUNTY OF CATTARAUGUS\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the…

* § 890-c. Counties of Warren and Washington industrial development\nagency. For the benefit of the counties of Warren and Washington and the\ninhabitants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as\nthe COUNTIES OF WARREN AND WASHINGTON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGEN…