N.Y. General Municipal Law § 364: Provisions of public service law applicable

§ 364. Provisions of public service law applicable. 1. Except as

provided in subdivision two of this section, all of the provisions of

article four of the public service law, so far as the same are

applicable, shall apply to a municipal corporation furnishing a public

utility service under this article.

2. (a) A municipal corporation need not apply to or obtain from the

public service commission a certificate of authority for a public

utility service under this article.

(b) A municipal corporation furnishing a public utility service or

services need not decrease its rates and charges for such service or

services on order of the public service commission unless such order is

issued upon notice and after hearing instituted upon the verified

complaint in writing of not less than twenty-five of the active

consumers as shown by the records of the utility, residing in the

territory in which the utility rate or rates referred to in said

complaint is or are applicable.