§ 219-D — Additional powers of certain cities

§ 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities. A city having more than\none million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to\nthe other powers granted by this chapter:\n 1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose such\ncity shall have the rights, powers and privileges and shall be subject\nto the duties and obligations granted to or imposed upon authorities\nwith respect to such projects by the provisions of this article.\n 2. Such city shall have the power to designate or appoint an authority\nas its agent to acquire, construct, lease, manage, operate or dispose\nof, in the name of the authority or in the name of the city, one or more\nemergency projects. When acting as the agent of a city, either in its\nown name or in the name of the city, an authority shall be governed by\nthe provisions of this article and of such other laws, not inconsistent\nwith this article, as govern the conduct of authorities, and shall not\nbe governed by the laws, local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations\ngoverning the conduct of cities.\n 3. A city may render and provide or contract to render and provide\nservices and facilities in connection with an emergency project in\naccordance with the provisions of section ninety-nine of this chapter.\n 4. To effectuate any of the purposes of this article such city may:\n(a) incur indebtedness; (b) issue and sell its bonds for periods not\nexceeding the probable life of the project for which they are issued;\n(c) issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds\npreviously issued by it for emergency projects but no such refunding\nbonds shall have a maturity date later than the end of the probable life\nof the emergency project for which they are issued; (d) make or contract\nto make loans to an authority operating within the territorial limits of\nsuch city; (e) make or contract to make to such authority capital\nsubsidies or periodic subsidies for a period not exceeding the probable\nlife of the project; (f) guarantee the principal of and interest on, or\nonly the interest on, indebtedness contracted by such authority; (g)\nand, unless otherwise expressly limited by this article, exercise all\nthe powers, rights and privileges granted to municipalities by this\nchapter. The probable life of an emergency project undertaken by such\ncity is hereby determined to be ten years.\n 5. Such city may at any time and without regard to any restrictions,\nprocedures or time limitations contained in its charter or in other\nlaws, local laws, rules or ordinances governing the appropriation of its\nfunds, appropriate for the purposes of this article, from its general\nfund or from such other funds as are available for the current expenses\nof such city, such sums as it may deem necessary and feasible to\neffectuate the purposes of this article; provided that such city shall,\nat least two days prior to the meeting of the local legislative body at\nwhich any appropriation made hereunder is acted upon, cause to be\npublished in the official publication of such city a notice that such\nappropriation will be made, and shall, within twenty days after such\nmeeting, cause to be similarly published a notice that such\nappropriation has been made.\n 6. Such city may enter into contracts for the demolition, excavation,\nconstruction, alteration, and renovation of, or for the purchase of\nmaterials and supplies for, an emergency project without regard to the\nrequirements for advertising of or invitation for bids or for the making\nof awards contained in any general, special or local law, charter,\nordinance, rule or regulation.\n 7. When an authority acts as agent or lessee for a city in the\nacquisition, construction, management, operation or disposition of an\nemergency project, the city shall have the power to indemnify or\ncontract to indemnify such authority against any deficit, loss or\nliability arising therefrom.\n 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local\nlaw, any contract made, indebtedness incurred, appropriation made, or\naction taken by a city, provided there is compliance with the provisions\nof this article, shall be sufficiently and finally authorized if it is\napproved by the local legislative body of the city.\n