2016 New York Laws
RRD - Railroad
Article 5 - (Railroad) STREET SURFACE RAILROADS
173-B - (Enacted without section heading).

  173-b.   Every city, town and village of this state, in addition to
  such powers  as  it  may  have  relating  to  the  granting  of  rights,
  privileges,  franchises,  powers  or consents to use the streets, roads,
  highways, avenues, parks or  public  places  for  the  construction  and
  operation of street surface railroads within its corporate limits, shall
  have  power,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections one hundred and
  seventy-three-a to one hundred and seventy-three-h, both  inclusive,  of
  this  article,  to  grant to a duly incorporated railroad corporation of
  this state, organized  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street
  surface  railroad,  a  terminable  permit  to  occupy  or use any of the
  streets, roads, highways, avenues, parks or public places of such  city,
  town  or  village for the construction and operation of a street surface
  railroad, and to agree upon and contract for the  terms  and  conditions
  thereof;  provided  that  no  street  surface  railroad or extensions or
  branches thereof  shall  be  built,  extended  or  operated  unless  the
  conditions  set  forth  in  section  one hundred and seventy-one of this
  article have been complied with.