N.Y. General Municipal Law § 206: Certificate to police officers and firefighters; free transportation; use of telegraph lines and telephones

§ 206. Certificate to police officers and firefighters; free

transportation; use of telegraph lines and telephones. The mayor of each

city of this state and the mayor of each incorporated village may issue,

under the seal of his or her office, to each police officer and

firefighter appointed by the duly-constituted authorities of such city

or village, a certificate of the appointment and qualification of such

police officer and firefighter as such, and specifying the duration of

his or her term of office; and it shall thereupon be the duty of every

street surface and elevated railroad company carrying on business within

such city or village, to transport every such police officer and

firefighter free of charge while he or she is traveling in the course of

the performance of the duties of his or her office. Every telegraph or

telephone company engaged in business within such city or village, shall

afford to such police officer and firefighter the use of its telegraph

lines or telephones for the purpose of making and receiving reports and

communications in the course of the performance of his or her official

duties.