N.Y. General Municipal Law § 95: Youth agencies and assistance

§ 95. Youth agencies and assistance. Any municipality as defined by

section two hundred forty of this chapter is hereby authorized and

empowered to establish, maintain and operate a bureau or agency thereof

for the purpose of coordinating and supplementing the activities of

public and private agencies devoted in whole or in part to the welfare

and protection of youth therein, and to undertake and promote activities

and establish, maintain and operate projects devoted in whole or in part

to providing leisure-time activities for youth or assistance to

children. Any municipality as defined by section two hundred forty of

this chapter may appropriate, raise and expend moneys for the purposes

of establishing, maintaining and operating such bureau or such agency,

and may also receive and expend moneys from the state, the federal

government or private individuals, corporations or associations for such

purposes.