N.Y. General Municipal Law § 20: Special population census: population data

§ 20. Special population census: population data. 1. Any county on

behalf of all cities, towns and villages therein or any county, city,

town, or village on its own behalf is hereby authorized and empowered to

contract with the United States bureau of the census to supervise a

special population census for purposes of computation of state

assistance payable pursuant to section fifty-four of the state finance

law in any year and the cost of such a census shall be an expense of the

county, city, town, or village respectively. Such county, city, town, or

village shall give written notice to the commissioner of taxation and

finance that such a contract has been entered into with the United

States bureau of the census within thirty days thereof.

2. A county, city, town, or village may request from the United States

bureau of the census and pay such bureau for the cost of special data

for possible use in apportioning its local legislative body.