21-F – Operating Assistance for Certain Public Utility Services.
§ 21-f. Operating assistance for certain public utility services. Each city having a population of one million or more shall be authorized to make an appropriation, notwithstanding any provision of general, special or local law to the contrary, to a public utility service operated by such city in accordance with a local law adopted pursuant […]
22 – This Grant in Addition to Existing Powers.
§ 22. This grant in addition to existing powers. The powers granted by this article shall be in addition to and not in substitution for, all the powers, rights, privileges and functions existing in any city pursuant to any other provision of law.
23 – Powers Hereby Granted, How to Be Exercised.
§ 23. Powers hereby granted, how to be exercised. 1. The powers granted by this act are to be exercised by the officer, officers or official body vested with such powers by any other provision of law or ordinance (subject to amendment or repeal of any such ordinance) and in the manner and subject to […]
24 – Construction of This Act.
§ 24. Construction of this act. This article shall be construed, not as an act in derogation of the powers of the state, but as one intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties, by providing adequate power of local government for the cities of the state.
21-D – Establishment of Blood Credit Systems by Cities.
§ 21-d. Establishment of blood credit systems by cities. 1. Every city shall have the power to establish by executive order of the mayor or by resolution of the local governing body, a blood credit system for the purpose of providing blood and related benefits for employees of such city or of any corporation, agency […]
21-E – Operating Assistance for Water-Works Corporations in Certain Cities.
§ 21-e. Operating assistance for water-works corporations in certain cities. Each city having a population of more than one million may provide operating assistance to a water-works corporation subject to the provisions of the public service law which provides water service in such city for the purpose of reducing or eliminating disparity between rates charged […]
20-A – Purchasing Department or Agency.
§ 20-a. Purchasing department or agency. Each city, except a city of the first class having a population of one million or more inhabitants, is hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish by ordinance of the common council or similar legislative body and to maintain a purchasing department or agency. Such department or agency […]
20-B – Cities Authorized to Impose Taxes on Utilities.
§ 20-b. Cities authorized to impose taxes on utilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any city of this state, acting through its local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws imposing in any such city a tax such as was imposed by section one hundred […]
20-C – Temporary Investment of Certain City Funds in Obligations of the United States.
§ 20-c. Temporary investment of certain city funds in obligations of the United States. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city of the state, acting through its board of estimate or other analogous governing body, may authorize its comptroller or other chief fiscal officer, to set aside in a special fund, all or part […]
20-D – Alternative Procedure for Acquisition of Certain Real Property, Personal Property and Franchises of Omnibus Lines Within Cities Having a Population Of
§ 20-d. Alternative procedure for acquisition of certain real property, personal property and franchises of omnibus lines within cities having a population of one million or more inhabitants. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general, special or local, cities with a population of one million or more inhabitants shall have the additional power to acquire […]