New York Laws
Article 41 - Local Services
41.07 - Provision of Services by the Local Governmental Unit.

(a) Local governmental units may provide local services and facilities
directly or may contract for the provision of those services by other
units of local or state government, by voluntary agencies, or by
professionally qualified individuals.
(b) Subject to the approval of the commissioners of the offices having
jurisdiction over the services, local governments may arrange for the
provision of services eligible for state aid outside their territorial
jurisdictions or the state.
(c) Local governments may provide joint local services and facilities
through agreements, made pursuant to law, which may provide either that
one local government provide and supervise these services for other
local governments or that a joint board or a joint local department be
established to administer these services for the populations of all
contracting local governments.

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