N.Y. General City Law § 140: Establishment of hospitals

§ 140. Establishment of hospitals. A city of the first class shall

have power whenever its board of health shall deem it necessary for the

promotion of the health of its inhabitants, to establish, equip and

maintain, outside of its corporate limits, and not within the limits of

any other city or any village, a hospital or hospitals for the regular

treatment of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis.