N.Y. General Municipal Law § 52: Liability insurance for officers and employees

§ 52. Liability insurance for officers and employees. Each city,

county, fire district, school district, town, village, town improvement

district governed by a separate board of commissioners and each public

library as defined in section two hundred fifty-three of the education

law, may purchase liability insurance with such limits as it may deem

reasonable for the purpose of protecting its officers and employees

against liability for claims arising from their acts while exercising or

performing or in good faith purporting to exercise or perform their

powers and duties. For the purposes of this section, persons performing

services pursuant to subdivision five of section 170.55 of the criminal

procedure law, section seven hundred fifty-eight-a or section 353.6 of

the family court act or paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section

65.10 of the penal law shall be deemed to be employees.