N.Y. General Municipal Law § 119-j: Costs

§ 119-j. Costs. The share of each participating municipality of the

cost of providing common drainage facilities shall be fixed by the

contract. In the event that the acquisition and development of common

drainage facilities shall be effected by the individual action of one of

the participating municipalities, it shall be lawful for any of the

other participating municipalities to make a lump sum payment of its

share from moneys on hand and available for such purpose. Nothing herein

contained shall prevent the purchase or condemnation of existing

drainage facilities or portions thereof necessary for the purposes of

the joint project, provided, however, that there shall be no power to

condemn property the legal title to which is vested in a public

corporation, district corporation or a special improvement district

unless the owner shall consent thereto. In the event that any drainage

facility owned by one of the participating municipalities is acquired

for the purpose of the common facilities, such municipality may be

allowed a credit against its share of the cost equal to the agreed value

of the assets so acquired. The share of each participating municipality

may be paid from taxes levied for the fiscal year in which such

expenditure is to be made or may be financed as provided in title one-A

of article two of the local finance law.