ยง  145.  Stocks  of  municipal corporations, how represented.   At any
  meeting of the stockholders of any railroad corporation to consider  any
  agreement  or proposition of consolidation, merger, lease or conveyance,
  or other matter, the commissioners or other officers  of  any  municipal
  corporation holding or having charge of any of the capital stock of such
  railroad corporation shall represent such municipal corporation, and may
  act  and  vote  in  person  or  by proxy on all matters relating to such
  consolidation or lease in the same manner as individual stockholders.
Structure New York Laws
Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization
141 - Mergers and Consolidations of Certain Railroad Corporations.
144 - Assessment of Property of New or Surviving Corporation.
145 - Stocks of Municipal Corporations, How Represented.
146 - Foreclosure of Mortgages Made by Consolidated Railroads Partly in the State.
147 - Powers of Corporations Organized to Acquire and Operate Railroads Partly in the State.
148 - Lease and Conveyance of Road.