N.Y. Highway Law Section 196
County aid for connecting highway through villages

The board of supervisors of a county may, upon the petition of the board of trustees of an incorporated village, provide for the construction or improvement of a highway or section thereof, through such village, at the joint expense of the county and village. The board of supervisors shall determine the portion of the cost of the construction and improvement of such highway to be borne by the county and the portion to be borne by the village. The portion, if any, to be borne by the village shall be a village charge and the residue shall be a county charge. The amount to be borne by the county shall be provided by tax, to be levied upon the taxable property of the county and collected in the same manner as other county charges and shall be paid into the county treasury and such tax shall not be reported as a basis for state aid as provided by article 6 (County Roads)article six of this chapter or the county may finance all or part of its share pursuant to the local finance law. The board of supervisors may, in its discretion, appropriate and make immediately available from county funds, the portion of the moneys to be borne by the county. The board of supervisors may designate the highway to be improved under the provisions of this section and in such case, the cost shall be borne by the county. No such highway shall be so constructed and improved through a village, except to connect a highway improved pursuant to the provisions of sections one hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and ninety-five, or article 6 (County Roads)article six of this chapter with a state highway, or a county road, or to connect with another town highway improved pursuant to the provisions of sections one hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and ninety-five, or article 6 (County Roads)article six of this chapter, or to connect a city street with a highway improved by the county or state. Such construction shall not be commenced until the portion, if any, to be borne by the village, as determined by the board of supervisors, has been deposited in the county treasurer’s office of such county. The construction or improvement of a highway, as herein provided, shall be done under the supervision and direction of the county superintendent of highways or of a committee known as the highway officials of the county, to consist of the county superintendent, three members of the board to be appointed by the chairman, and the supervisor of the town in which road is being improved. Payments therefor shall be made from time to time by the county treasurer upon the certificate of the county superintendent, approved by the chairman of the board of supervisors. A highway within a village constructed or improved as herein provided, shall be of the same width and type of construction as such town highways so improved by the aid of the county outside the village, unless a greater width or different type of construction is desired by the village. The additional expense caused by the increased width or different type or both, shall be borne wholly by the village. Any such highway, when completed, shall thereafter be repaired and maintained by the village wherein such highway is located in the same manner as all other village highways. The board of supervisors may determine that such highways be thereafter repaired and maintained under the supervision and direction of the county superintendent of highways and thereafter the amount, if any, to be borne by the village shall be paid by the village into the county treasury and the whole of such money including the share of the county and of the village, if any, shall be paid out by the county treasurer for the repair and maintenance of such highways on orders signed by the county superintendent of highways and countersigned by the chairman of the board of supervisors.

Source: Section 196 — County aid for connecting highway through villages, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/HAY/196 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 25, 2026).

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Survey for the laying out of a highway 171
Highways by dedication 172
Application 173
Petition for acquisition 177
Damages in certain cases 180
Limitations upon laying out highways 181
Laying out highways through burying-grounds 182
Costs 184
When officers of different towns disagree about highway 185
Difference about improvements 186
Highway in two or more towns 187
Laying out, dividing and maintaining highway upon town line, or wholly in one town but adjacent to another town 188
Final determination, how carried out 189
Highways by use 190
Fences to be removed 191
Highways or roads along division lines 192
Adjournments 193
Contracts for the construction of town highways 194
Construction or improvement of town highways by county and town 195
County aid for construction, improvement and maintenance of town highways 196
County aid for connecting highway through villages 197
Damages for change of grade 198
Interest on damages for change of grade 199
Widening highways 203
Widening, how constructed 204
Actions to compel widening 205
Highways abandoned 205–A
Seasonal limited use highway 205–B
Qualified abandonment of certain town highways 205–C
Minimum maintenance roads 206
Highways in lands acquired by the United States for fortification purposes deemed abandoned 207
Discontinuance of highway 208
Description to be recorded 209
Damages caused by discontinuance 210
Papers, where filed 211
Costs of motion 211–A
Abandonment of certain town highways 211–B
Abandonment of certain town highways in school districts 212
Changing location of highways over certain lands owned and occupied by the state 212–A
Abandoning of parts of town highways 213
Construction and repair of approaches to private lands 214
Depositing ashes, snow, ice, stones, sticks, et cetera upon the highway 216
When town not liable for damages 218
Storm water sewers in town highways
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Verified:
Jul. 25, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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