N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 111: Municipal consent to use streets

§ 111. Municipal consent to use streets. A district steam corporation

shall have power to lay and maintain suitable pipes and conduits or

other fixtures in and under the streets, parks and public places of the

cities, villages or towns mentioned in its certificate of incorporation

upon obtaining the written consent of the local authorities thereof and

upon such reasonable regulations as they may prescribe. Such local

authorities shall be: in a city, a majority of the members of the local

legislative body; in a village, a majority of the members of the board

of trustees; in a town, outside of a village, the town superintendent of

highways and a majority of the members of the town board.