N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 77-c

§ 77-c. Per diem meal allowances for travel on official business.\nWhenever a municipality is authorized or required to reimburse its\nofficers, employees, or the volunteer members or officers of the fire\ndepartment of the municipality, for their actual and necessary expenses\nfor meals in conjunction with travel on official business, the governing\nboard of such municipality may determine by resolution to allow and pay\na reasonable per diem allowance for meals in lieu of such actual and\nnecessary expenses. In determining the amount of such allowance, the\ngoverning board shall consider the prevailing costs for meals in the\narea in which the travel will occur, but in no event shall such\nallowance exceed the standard meal allowance for business-related travel\nadopted or prescribed for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of\nthis section, the terms "municipality" and "governing board" shall have\nthe same meaning as in section seventy-seven-b of this article.\n