N.Y. NYS Financial Emergency Act for the city of NY Law § 2-a

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 457
Section 2-a - Legislative declaration of financial emergency

The legislature hereby finds and declares that a state of financial emergency continues to exist within the city. The legislature further finds and declares that the maintenance by the city of a balanced budget in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the city's borrowing practices are and will continue to be a matter of overriding state concern, and that it is also appropriate and desirable for the legislature to exercise its duty under section twelve of article eight of the state constitution to restrict the powers of the city to prevent abuses in taxation and assessments and in contracting of indebtedness by the city.

N.Y. NYS Financial Emergency Act for the city of NY Law § 2-a