New York Town Law Section 223 - Expense of improvement.

  223.  Expense of improvement. The expense of any public improvement
  made under authority of this article, shall include the  amount  of  all
  contracts,  the  costs  of  all  lands and interests therein necessarily
  acquired, printing, publishing, interest on loans, legal and engineering
  services and all other expenses incurred or occasioned by reason of  the
  improvement  or  project.  In  no event shall any contract be awarded or
  obligation incurred in excess of the amount specified in the  resolution
  of the town board or in the proposition adopted at the town election.

Last modified: February 3, 2019