N.Y. Town Law § 220: General town improvements

§ 220. General town improvements. Upon the adoption of a resolution

therefor, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board may:

1. Erect a monument or monuments within the town in commemoration of

any person or event.

2. Purchase, lease, construct, alter or remodel a town hall, a town

lockup or any other necessary building for town purposes, acquire

necessary lands therefor, and equip and furnish such buildings for such

purposes, or to demolish or remove any town building.

3. Establish airports, landing fields, public parking places, public

parks or playgrounds, acquire the necessary lands therefor, and equip

the same with suitable buildings, structures and apparatus.

4. Establish one or more public dumps or dumping grounds within or

without such town, and acquire the necessary land therefor. No such land

shall be acquired within the corporate limits of any city, village or

other town for such purchase without the consent of the governing body

of the city, village or town in which such land is situated.

Any expenditure approved pursuant to this section shall be paid for by

taxes levied for the fiscal year in which such expenditure is to be

made. However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to

prevent the financing in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance

law, of any expenditure enumerated in this section which is not

authorized pursuant to this section. Any expenditure financed in whole

from moneys appropriated from surplus funds shall not be subject to

referendum.