N.Y. Village Law § 6-620: Sidewalks, payment for construction

§ 6-620 Sidewalks, payment for construction. Whenever the owner or

occupant of lands adjoining a street constructs along such street a

sidewalk of stone, cement, brick or other similar materials to be

approved by the board of trustees, and the board consents to bear a

portion of the expense of construction thereof, the board of trustees

may pay to such owner or occupant a sum to be fixed by the board of

trustees not exceeding one-half of the actual and necessary expense of

constructing such sidewalk. Before the board of trustees shall so

consent to bear a portion of the expense of construction of any such

sidewalk, it shall fix the proportionate amount that shall be paid by

the village for all walks of the same kind which may thereafter, with

such consent, be constructed therein; and such proportionate amount may

be changed from time to time thereafter by the board of trustees, but at

no time within one year from the date of the last fixing or changing

thereof.