N.Y. General Municipal Law § 50-b: Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles or other facility of transportation

§ 50-b. Municipal liability for negligent operation of vehicles or

other facility of transportation. 1. Every county, city, town, village

and other subdivision of government, notwithstanding any inconsistent

provisions of law, general, special or local or any limitation contained

in the provision of any city charter, shall be liable and shall assume

the liability for the negligence of, and shall save harmless, a person

duly appointed by the governing board or body of the municipality, or by

any board, body, commission or other officer thereof, in the operation

of a municipally owned vehicle or other facility of transportation

within the state in the discharge of a statutory duty imposed upon such

person or municipality, provided the appointee at the time of the

accident or injury was acting in the discharge of his duties and within

the scope of his employment. Every such appointee shall, for the purpose

of this section, be deemed an employee of the municipality,

notwithstanding the vehicle or other facility of transportation was

being operated in the discharge of a public duty for the benefit of all

citizens of the community and the municipality derived no special

benefit in its corporate capacity.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the city of New

York.