New York Second Class Cities Law Article 7 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

• 90 - Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Public Works.
  The commissioner of public works shall be the head of the department of public works. He shall appoint, to hold office during his pleasure, a...
• 91 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
  The commissioner, subject to the provisions of law and ordinances of the common council, has cognizance, direction and control of the construction, maintenance, alteration, repair,...
• 92 - Repair of Sidewalks; Removal of Snow and Ice.
  The commissioner of public works shall have full power and authority to require the owner of property abutting upon a street to repair any sidewalk...
• 93 - Performance of Public Work to Be Certified.
  All public work performed pursuant to contract under the supervision or control of the commissioner shall, before it is accepted, be certified to by him...
• 94 - Water Works.
  In case the city owns and operates a system of municipal water works, the commissioner of public works shall appoint, to hold office during his...
• 95 - Collection of Water Rents.
  All water rents shall be collected from the owners of the lots and buildings which shall be situated upon any street or avenue upon which...
• 96 - Superintendent of Parks.
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the commissioner of public works shall appoint, to hold office during his pleasure, a superintendent of parks, who shall have,...
• 97 - City Engineer.
  No person shall be eligible to appointment as city engineer unless he be a civil engineer of at least five years' practical experience in his...
• 98 - Duties of City Engineer.
  It shall be the duty of the city engineer to perform all the ordinary engineering and surveying services in the affairs and business of the...
• 99 - Alteration of Grades and Names of Streets.
  The grade of any street shall not be fixed or established except by direction of the common council. The grade of a street heretofore or...
• 100 - Apportionment of City's Expense of Improvements.
  The common council may, by ordinance approved by the board of estimate and apportionment, fix and determine the amount and proportion of the expense which...
• 101 - Discontinuance of Streets.
  Whenever the common council shall contemplate the discontinuance of any street, it shall cause a notice to be published for ten days in the official...
• 102 - Streets by Prescription.
  All lands which shall have been used by the public as a street for twenty years or more continuously shall be a street with the...
• 103 - Acquisition of Lands.
  Whenever any real estate or interest therein shall be required for any municipal purpose, except as otherwise provided by law, the commissioner of public works...

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