New York General Municipal Law

Every section of the New York General Municipal Law, in order — 1,091 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-b — Disqualification to contract with municipal corporations and fire districts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-c — Removal of disqualification of public contractors by petition
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-d — Statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals to political subdivision of the state
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-e — Conspiracies to prevent competitive bidding or competitive offering on public contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-f — Security bonds; municipal projects
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-g — Iranian energy sector divestment
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103-h — Restriction on purchasing certain technology which poses a security threat
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 104 — Purchase through office of general services; purchases from other public contracts; certain federal contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 104-a — Purchasing of products for public use
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 104-b — Procurement policies and procedures
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 104-c — Disposal of surplus computer equipment
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 104-d — The New York state buy American salt act
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 105 — Disposition of deposit accompanying bid
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 106 — Withdrawal of retained percentages
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 106-a — Service charge for receiving, handling and disbursing funds and coupons
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 106-b — Payment on public work projects
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 107 — Claims against political subdivisions; contractor's undertaking
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 108 — Workmen's compensation insurance on public works
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 109 — Assignment of public contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 109-a — Purchases through the office of general services by certain public associations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 109-b — Installment contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 109-c — Purchases through county contracts by certain not-for-profit corporations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 109-d — Emergency vehicle warranties
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 110 — Definition
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 111 — Contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 112 — Acquisition of a common supply
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 112-a — Certain acquisitions by eminent domain
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 113 — Management and operation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 114 — Costs
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 115 — Sale of Water
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 116 — Authorization to participate
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 117 — Jurisdiction of state agencies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 118 — Development of a supply of water for sale
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 118-a — Contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 118-b — Jurisdiction of other state agencies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 118-c — Financing
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119 — Construction and development of excess sewage capacity
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-a — Contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-aa — Purpose
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-b — Jurisdiction of other state agencies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-bb — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-c — Construction and development of excess drainage facilities
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-cc — Local historic preservation report
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-d — Contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-dd — Local historic preservation programs
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-e — Jurisdiction of state agencies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-ee — Legislative findings and declaration
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-f — Definition
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-ff — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-g — Contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-gg — Sustainable energy loan program
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-h — Development of common facilities
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-i — Management and operation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-j — Costs
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-k — Authorization to participate
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-l — Jurisdiction of state agencies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-m — Legislative intent
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-n — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-o — Performance of municipal cooperative activities; alternative powers; alternative assignment of responsibilities
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-oo — Expenses
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-ooo — Inclusion of Cornell University as a member of the governing body of an entity created by intermunicipal agreement to construct and opera...
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-p — Projects relating to the use of atmospheric water resources
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-q — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-r — Provision of mass transportation by certain municipal corporations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-s — Participation in federal and state assistance programs for mass transportation and airport and aviation projects
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-S-1 — Provision of mass transportation, in the county of Tompkins
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-t — Creation of public authorities to provide mass transportation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 119-u — Intermunicipal cooperation in comprehensive planning and land use regulation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120 — Contracts for purification of water and sewerage
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-a — Contracts for sewerage disposal
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-aa — Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-b — Supervision of sewage system
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-bb — Town of Huntington solid waste management resource recovery facility; tax exemption; other contractual provisions related to towns of Hun...
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-c — Obligations and privileges relating to sewerage contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-cc — Enforcement of unpaid solid waste collection and/or disposal fee
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-d — Officers of meeting
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-e — By whom proposed district represented
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-f — Contract; how executed
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-g — Apportionment of cost
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-h — Further provisions as to apportionment of cost
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-i — Means of payment
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-k — Payments; how made
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-l — Letting of contracts
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-m — Application of other laws to procedure
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-n — Maps and plans of sewers
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-o — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-p — Referendum in cities and villages
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-q — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-r — Cancellation of sewerage contracts for neglect
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-s — Joint meeting for acquisition and operation of property
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-t — Town and village may establish a joint water district
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-u — Mutual aid for water service
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-v — Contracts for disposal of sewage outside the state
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-w — Contracts and agreements for solid waste management, collection and disposal
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-x — Agreements for joint acquisition, construction and operation of public docks
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 120-z — Sewer hook-ups by private contractors
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 121 — Establishment and maintenance of free public baths
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 121-a — Creation of village and town police department in certain towns and villages
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 121-b — Care of children admitted to certain places of amusement in certain cities, villages and towns under a local law or ordinance
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 122 — Refusal to take persons to hospital prohibited; exception for cities with a population of one million or more
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 122-b — General ambulance services
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 122-c — Transport of police work dogs injured in the line of duty
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 123 — Erection and operation of life-saving apparatus
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 124 — Inspection of building elevators in Nassau county
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 125 — Issuance of building permits
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 125-a — Posting signs on dead-end roads
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 126 — Establishment of public general hospitals
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 126-a — Joint hospitals for cities, towns or villages
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 126-b — Establishment of Broome county nursing home
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 126-b — Public hospitals for chronically ill
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 126-c — Appointment to board of managers of county hospital
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 127 — Appointment and terms of office of managers
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 128 — General powers and duties of managers
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 128-a — Petty cash fund
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 129 — General powers and duties of superintendent
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 129-a — Erie county; county hospital superintendent and county hospital board of managers
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 130 — Admission and maintenance of patients
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 131 — Training school for nurses
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 132 — Room for detention and examination of persons who are suspected of being mentally ill
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 133 — Visitation and inspection
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 134 — Existing county, town, city or village public general hospitals
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 135 — Application of preceding sections
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 135-a — Workshops in connection with hospitals and facilities for the aged
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 135-b — Departments of occupational therapy in connection with public general hospitals and tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 135-c — Prenatal and maternity care
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 136 — Regulation of automobile junk yards
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 139-c — Sheltered workshops
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 139-d — Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 139-e — Posting of sanitary inspection grade
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 140 — Trusts for public parks, playgrounds, libraries and public buildings
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 141 — Trustees a corporation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 142 — Eligibility of trustees
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 143 — Management and appropriation of property
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 144 — Parks, playgrounds and libraries to be free
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 145 — Subject to visitation of supreme court
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 146 — Devises and bequests restricted
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 148 — Burial of members of the armed forces of the United States and their families; headstones
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 149 — Permits in certain circumstances
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 160 — Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 161 — Title may be acquired by condemnation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 162 — Conveyance by unincorporated cemetery association to city, town or village
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 163 — Lot owners' rights
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 164 — Abandonment of cemeteries in cities of less than one million
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 165 — Maintenance and cleanup of abandoned cemeteries
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 165-a — Voluntary municipal assistance to public cemetery corporations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 166 — Cemetery and funeral home combinations
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 180 — Ordinances to regulate use of bicycles
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 181 — Ordinances to regulate taxicabs and limousines
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 182 — Local regulation of transportation network companies
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 185 — Short title; purpose of article
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 186 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 187 — Local option
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 188 — Local laws and ordinances
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 188-a — Powers and duties of the board
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 189 — Restrictions upon conduct of games of chance
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 189-a — Authorized supplier of games of chance equipment
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 189-b — Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions of 15 U
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 189-c — Legal shipments of gaming devices into New York state
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 190 — Application for license
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 190-a — Raffles; license not required
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 191 — Investigation; matters to be determined; issuance of license; fees; duration of license
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 192 — Hearing; amendment of license
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 193 — Form and contents of license; display of license
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 194 — Control and supervision; suspension of identification numbers and licenses; inspection of premises
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195 — Sunday; conduct of games on
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-a — Participation by persons under eighteen
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-b — Frequency of games
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-c — Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compensation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-d — Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-e — Advertising games
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-f — Statement of receipts, expenses; additional license fees
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-g — Examination of books and records; examination of officers and employees; disclosure of information
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-h — Appeals from the decision of an officer, clerk or department to board
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-i — Exemption from prosecution
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-j — Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-k — Unlawful games of chance
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-l — Article inoperative until adopted by voters
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-m — Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-n — Manufacturers of bell jars; reports and records
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-o — Distributor of bell jars; reports and records
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-p — Transfer restrictions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-q — Bell jar compliance and enforcement
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-r — Severability
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 200 — Defining qualifications of exempt volunteer firefighters
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 200-a — Volunteer firefighters serving in more than one fire company or fire department
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 200-aa — Training stipend for volunteer firefighters
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 200-b — Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the armed forces of the United States prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 200-c — Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the armed forces of the United States on or after July first, nineteen hundred sixt...
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 201 — Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 202 — Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 202-a — Recording certificates of exempt volunteer firefighter
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 203 — List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204 — Qualifications necessary to entitle to certain exemptions
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-a — Raising of funds for fire company purposes
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-b — Youth programs
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-c — Plan for arson investigation
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-d — Duties of the fire chief
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-dd — Qualifications of a fire chief
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-e — Unauthorized destruction of property
• N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 204-f — Plan for hazardous materials incidents response