N.Y. General City Law Section 140
Establishment of hospitals

A city of the first class shall have power whenever its board of health shall deem it necessary for the promotion of the health of its inhabitants, to establish, equip and maintain, outside of its corporate limits, and not within the limits of any other city or any village, a hospital or hospitals for the regular treatment of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis.

Source: Section 140 — Establishment of hospitals, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GCT/140 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 14, 2026).

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