N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 99-f

§ 99-f. Comprehensive sewer and water studies. 1. Any municipal\ncorporation may apply for and expend state aid for comprehensive studies\nand reports, designate an appropriate official, department, bureau, or\nagency therefor and to administer such studies, and contract for the\naccomplishment of such studies, pursuant to section twelve hundred\nsixty-three-a of the public health law and part five-A of article five\nof the conservation law. Any such comprehensive study undertaken by a\ntown may include an area within any village partly or wholly located\nwithin the town, provided that the board of trustees of any such village\nshall have consented to such inclusion.\n 2. The governing board of any municipal corporation may confer upon an\nappropriate official, department, bureau or agency the duty of planning\nfor the sewer and water needs of the municipality.\n