Public Service Commission v. Village of Freeport

To the extent that the billing and collection practices, etc., of Public Service Law article 2 conflict with the more general grant of authority to municipalities to establish their own methods of operation found in General Municipal Law article 14-A, the General Municipal Law provisions are impliedly revoked and the later, more specific, provisions of the Public Service Law control. Although it is preferred that, where possible, both *705statutes be given effect (see, e.g., People v Newman, 32 NY2d 379, 389, cert denied 414 US 1163; Matter of Nassau Ins. Co. [Epps-Public Serv. Mut. Ins. Co.], 63…