N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72: Acquisition of lands for erection of monuments

§ 72. Acquisition of lands for erection of monuments. The governing

board of a municipal corporation, or the trustees of a monument

association, may acquire not to exceed three acres of land, for the

erection of an armed forces monument, or a monument or other structure

as a memorial of persons who served as members of the armed forces of

the United States in any of its wars, or of some distinguishing or

important event in the history of the state or nation, and for laying

out such lands as a park or square. The governing board of such

municipality may provide funds for the construction and maintenance of

such memorial in whole or in part and to this end may authorize payments

of public funds to the trustees of such a monument association for such

purpose.