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8-800 – Police Departments.

§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by resolution, establish a police department in such village and appoint a chief of police and such personnel as may be needed, and fix their compensation. The board of trustees may abolish a police department established pursuant to this section by local law, […]

8-802 – Powers and Duties of Police Officers.

§ 8-802 Powers and duties of police officers. The police officers so appointed shall have all the powers and be subject to the duties and liabilities of constables of towns in serving process in any civil action or proceeding. In addition to other powers conferred by law, said police officers shall have power to execute […]

8-804 – Discipline and Charges.

§ 8-804 Discipline and charges. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, a member of such police force or department shall continue in office unless suspended or dismissed. The board of trustees or municipal board shall have power and is authorized to adopt and make rules and regulations for the examination, hearing, investigation and determination […]

8-806 – Review.

§ 8-806 Review. The conviction of any member of such police force or department shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the judicial district in which such village is located, in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules on the ground that said conviction is illegal […]

9-902 – Referendum on Petition; Registration List of Electors.

§ 9-902 Referendum on petition; registration list of electors. 1. An act or resolution of the board of trustees as described in the preceding section shall not take effect until thirty days after its adoption; nor until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such village voting on such […]

9-904 – Proposition for the Submission of Acts or Resolutions.

§ 9-904 Proposition for the submission of acts or resolutions. A proposition submitting an act or resolution of the board of trustees to the approval of the electors pursuant to this chapter shall contain an abstract of such act or resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof. The village clerk shall prepare such abstract […]

9-906 – Reconsideration of Act or Resolution Upon Submission to Referendum.

§ 9-906 Reconsideration of act or resolution upon submission to referendum. At any time after the adoption of an act or resolution and not later than fifteen days prior to the election, the board of trustees of the village may reconsider its action thereon and if upon such reconsideration the said act or resolution is […]

7-732 – Subdivision Review; Record of Plats.

§ 7-732 Subdivision review; record of plats. 1. Filing of plat with county clerk or register. (a) No plat of a subdivision of land showing lots, blocks or sites, shall be filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk or register until it has been approved by a planning board which has been […]

7-734 – Buildings in Streets; Permits; Hearings; Review.

§ 7-734 Buildings in streets; permits; hearings; review. For the purpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any street or highway shown or laid out on such map or plan, provided, however, that if the land within such […]