Opn. No.

Requestor: Aldo V. Vitagliano, Esq., Corporation Counsel Village of Port Chester 10 Pearl Street Port Chester, N Y 10573

Written by: James D. Cole, Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Opinions

You have inquired as to a village's responsibility to pay for the legal defense of a police officer in relation to a negligent act or tort.

Under section 50-j of the General Municipal Law, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, every city, county, town, village, authority or agency is

"liable for, and shall assume the liability to the extent that it shall save harmless, any…