New York General Municipal Law Article 13 - PLAYGROUNDS AND NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTERS.

• 240 - Application of Article.
  This article shall apply to cities of the second and third class, to any county outside of the city of New York, and to towns...
• 241 - Dedication or Acquisition of Land or Buildings for Playgrounds or Neighborhood Recreation Centers.
  The board of estimate and apportionment of a city, or if there be no such board, the common council, board of aldermen or corresponding legislative...
• 242 - Administration, Equipment and Operation.
  The authority to establish and maintain playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers may be vested in the park board or other existing body or in a...
• 243 - Recreation Commission.
  1. If the board of estimate and apportionment, or if there be no such board, the common council, board of aldermen, or corresponding legislative body,...
• 244 - Organization of Commission.
  The members of a recreation commission established pursuant to this article shall elect from their own number a chairman and secretary and other necessary officers...
• 244-a - Acceptance of Donations.
  A recreation commission or other authority in which is vested the power to equip, operate and maintain playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers pursuant to this...
• 244-b - Joint Playgrounds or Neighborhood Recreation Centers.
  Any two or more such municipalities may jointly acquire property for and operate and maintain playgrounds or neighborhood recreation centers and may make and perform...
• 244-c - Proposition for Establishment or Maintenance of Recreation System.
  The term "recreation system," as used in this section means playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers as referred to in this article. The local legislative body...
• 244-d - Joint Recreation Commission.
  1. Two or more municipalities which have established recreation commissions, as provided in section two hundred forty-three of the general municipal law, may join for...
• 245 - Expenses Incurred Under Article.
  All expenses incurred under this article coming within the annual appropriation therefor (as provided in section two hundred and forty-six of this article) shall be...
• 246 - Annual Appropriation.
  The local authorities of a municipality having power to appropriate money therein may annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation in such municipality...
• 247 - Acquisition of Open Spaces and Areas.
  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter an "open space" or "open area" is any space or area characterized by (1) natural scenic beauty...

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