2015 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - (General Municipal) POWERS, LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITIES
95 - Youth agencies and assistance.

  95.  Youth  agencies and assistance. Any municipality as defined by
  section two hundred forty of  this  chapter  is  hereby  authorized  and
  empowered  to establish, maintain and operate a bureau or agency thereof
  for the purpose of coordinating  and  supplementing  the  activities  of
  public  and  private agencies devoted in whole or in part to the welfare
  and protection of youth therein, and to undertake and promote activities
  and establish, maintain and operate projects devoted in whole or in part
  to  providing  leisure-time  activities  for  youth  or  assistance   to
  children.  Any  municipality  as defined by section two hundred forty of
  this chapter may appropriate, raise and expend moneys for  the  purposes
  of  establishing,  maintaining and operating such bureau or such agency,
  and may also receive and expend  moneys  from  the  state,  the  federal
  government or private individuals, corporations or associations for such
  purposes.