N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 5.01: Purchase of art productions in certain cities

§ 5.01. Purchase of art productions in certain cities. Cities of the

first and second class are hereby authorized, in the discretion of those

officers or bodies in such cities that have charge of the appropriation

of the public funds, to purchase works of art which are the production

of professional artists who are citizens of the United States, and which

have been executed in the United States. The word "productions" shall

be held to include among other works of art, mural paintings or

decorations which artists may be employed to put on the walls of public

buildings of such cities, mosaic and stained or painted glass. A city of

the first class may expend under this section any amount not to exceed

fifty thousand dollars annually. A city of the second class may expend

under this section not to exceed ten thousand dollars annually.