N.Y. General Municipal Law § 95-a: Programs for the aging

§ 95-a. Programs for the aging. Any county, city, town, village or

school district is hereby authorized and empowered to establish,

maintain and operate programs devoted in whole or in part to the welfare

of the aging, and to contract with private, nonprofit corporations,

associations, institutions or agencies for the operation and maintenance

of such programs. Any such county, city, town, village or school

district may appropriate, raise and expend moneys for the purposes of

establishing, maintaining and operating, or contracting for the

operation and maintenance of such programs, and may also receive and

expend moneys from the state, the federal government or private

individuals, corporations or associations for such purposes.