N.Y. General Municipal Law § 119-m: Legislative intent

§ 119-m. Legislative intent. The provisions of this article are

designed to effectuate in part (1) section two-a of article eight of the

constitution and (2) section one of article eight of the constitution as

amended January first, nineteen hundred sixty, and shall be in addition

to and not in substitution for or in limitation of any other

authorization for performance by municipal corporations or districts of

their functions, powers or duties on a cooperative, joint or contract

basis.