N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 99: Alteration of grades and names of streets

§ 99. Alteration of grades and names of streets. The grade of any

street shall not be fixed or established except by direction of the

common council. The grade of a street heretofore or hereafter legally

established shall not be changed, except by direction of the common

council, and except also upon compensation for damages done, to be

ascertained in and by the proceedings provided by law for ascertaining

damages for lands taken for the opening of streets. The common council

shall not alter the name of any street except by ordinance. No ordinance

altering the name of any street shall be passed by the common council

until such ordinance shall have been published at least once in each of

two successive weeks in the official paper or papers.