N.Y. Railroad Law § 172: Consent of local authorities; how procured

§ 172. Consent of local authorities; how procured. The application

for the consent of the local authorities shall be in writing and before

acting thereon such authorities shall give public notice thereof and of

the time and place when it will first be considered, which notice shall

be published daily in any city for at least fourteen days in two of its

daily newspapers if there be two, if not, in one, to be designated by

the mayor, and in any village or town for at least fourteen days in a

newspaper published therein, if any there shall be, and if none, then

daily in two daily newspapers if there be two, if not, one published in

the city nearest such village or town. Upon application for such

consent, the local authorities shall also give written notice of the

filing of such application to all common carriers operating in the town,

village or city to the local authorities of which such application is

made. Such consent must be upon the expressed condition that the

provisions of this article pertinent thereto shall be complied with, and

shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which such

railroad is located. Whenever the consent of the common council of a

city is applied for, the first consideration, of which notice is hereby

required, may be by committee of such common council. Any such notice,

publication or consideration heretofore or hereafter given, made or had

in substantial conformity with the requirements of this section, is and

shall be sufficient notice, publication and consideration for all the

purposes hereof notwithstanding any conflicting provision of any local

or special act or charter.