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§ 3. Corporate  powers.  The  citizens  of the state of New York, from  time  to  time  inhabitants  of  the  territory  comprised  within   the  boundaries  of the city, shall continue to be a municipal corporation in  perpetuity under its corporate name, and the same shall in that name  be  a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, with power of perpetual  succession. The city shall have power:    1.  To  take,  purchase,  hold,  lease,  sell and convey such real and  personal property as the purposes of the corporation may require.    2. To take by gift, grant,  bequest  and  devise  and  hold  real  and  personal estate absolutely or in trust for any public use including that  of  education, art, ornament, health, charity or amusement, for parks or  gardens, or for the use or erection of statues, monuments, buildings  or  structures,  upon  such  terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the  grantor or donor and accepted by said corporation and to provide for the  proper administration of the same.    3. To make, have and use, and from time to time alter, a common seal.    4. To contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to complain  and defend and to institute, prosecute, maintain and defend  any  action  or proceeding in any court.    5. To have and exercise all of the rights, privileges and jurisdiction  essential to a proper exercise of its corporate functions, including all  that  may be necessarily incident to, or may be fairly implied from, the  powers specifically conferred upon such corporation.    6. To have and exercise all  the  rights,  privileges,  functions  and  powers  now  prescribed and exercised by it under existing or subsequent  laws and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

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Statutes > New-york > Scc > Article-2 > 3

§ 3. Corporate  powers.  The  citizens  of the state of New York, from  time  to  time  inhabitants  of  the  territory  comprised  within   the  boundaries  of the city, shall continue to be a municipal corporation in  perpetuity under its corporate name, and the same shall in that name  be  a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, with power of perpetual  succession. The city shall have power:    1.  To  take,  purchase,  hold,  lease,  sell and convey such real and  personal property as the purposes of the corporation may require.    2. To take by gift, grant,  bequest  and  devise  and  hold  real  and  personal estate absolutely or in trust for any public use including that  of  education, art, ornament, health, charity or amusement, for parks or  gardens, or for the use or erection of statues, monuments, buildings  or  structures,  upon  such  terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the  grantor or donor and accepted by said corporation and to provide for the  proper administration of the same.    3. To make, have and use, and from time to time alter, a common seal.    4. To contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to complain  and defend and to institute, prosecute, maintain and defend  any  action  or proceeding in any court.    5. To have and exercise all of the rights, privileges and jurisdiction  essential to a proper exercise of its corporate functions, including all  that  may be necessarily incident to, or may be fairly implied from, the  powers specifically conferred upon such corporation.    6. To have and exercise all  the  rights,  privileges,  functions  and  powers  now  prescribed and exercised by it under existing or subsequent  laws and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

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Statutes > New-york > Scc > Article-2 > 3

§ 3. Corporate  powers.  The  citizens  of the state of New York, from  time  to  time  inhabitants  of  the  territory  comprised  within   the  boundaries  of the city, shall continue to be a municipal corporation in  perpetuity under its corporate name, and the same shall in that name  be  a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, with power of perpetual  succession. The city shall have power:    1.  To  take,  purchase,  hold,  lease,  sell and convey such real and  personal property as the purposes of the corporation may require.    2. To take by gift, grant,  bequest  and  devise  and  hold  real  and  personal estate absolutely or in trust for any public use including that  of  education, art, ornament, health, charity or amusement, for parks or  gardens, or for the use or erection of statues, monuments, buildings  or  structures,  upon  such  terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the  grantor or donor and accepted by said corporation and to provide for the  proper administration of the same.    3. To make, have and use, and from time to time alter, a common seal.    4. To contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to complain  and defend and to institute, prosecute, maintain and defend  any  action  or proceeding in any court.    5. To have and exercise all of the rights, privileges and jurisdiction  essential to a proper exercise of its corporate functions, including all  that  may be necessarily incident to, or may be fairly implied from, the  powers specifically conferred upon such corporation.    6. To have and exercise all  the  rights,  privileges,  functions  and  powers  now  prescribed and exercised by it under existing or subsequent  laws and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.