Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided June 9, 1980Published

1Opinion of the Court

Charles V. Martabano, Esq. Village Attorney Mount Kisco

We received a request from your predecessor, Mr. Pieragostini, for an opinion whether your village may enter into a contract to provide snow and ice removal and apply salt and sand to private streets in the village, those private streets being owned by the owners of a condominium. Some additional questions were asked but our response to the above disposes of them.

It is a fundamental of municipal law that municipalities have only the powers specifically conferred upon them by the Constitution or statute or those powers which are…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Seaman v. FedourichNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
  2. Wells v. . Town of SalinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Scarborough Properties Corp. v. Village of Briarcliff ManorNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  4. Marine Midland Trust Co. v. Village of WaverlyNew York Supreme Court · 1963

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