New York General City Law Section 140 - Establishment of hospitals.

 140. Establishment  of  hospitals.  A  city of the first class shall
  have power whenever its board of health shall deem it necessary for  the
  promotion  of  the  health  of  its inhabitants, to establish, equip and
  maintain, outside of its corporate limits, and not within the limits  of
  any  other  city or any village, a hospital or hospitals for the regular
  treatment of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis.

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