§ 6-600 Definitions
§ 6-602 Separate highway district
§ 6-604 Care of bridges
§ 6-606 When village may construct or repair bridges
§ 6-608 When village may relinquish care of bridges
§ 6-610 Dedication of streets
§ 6-612 Street improvement or acceptance
§ 6-614 Notice of meeting of board
§ 6-616 Changing grade of street or bridge
§ 6-618 Streets on boundary lines
§ 6-620 Sidewalks, payment for construction
§ 6-622 Pavements
§ 6-624 Acquisition of lands for parks, squares, athletic fields and playgrounds
§ 6-626 Streets by prescription
§ 6-628 Liability of village in certain actions
§ 6-630 Provisions governing the improvement of highways in villages
§ 6-632 Incumbering streets; encroachments

Terms Used In New York Laws > Village > Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • street: as used in this article also includes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the public have a right to use; and the term "pavement" includes a macadam, asphalt, brick, concrete or other similarly improved roadbed, and is only applied to the portion of the street between the sidewalks or established curb lines. See N.Y. Village Law 6-600
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.