§ 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities. A city having more than
one million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to
the other powers granted by this chapter:

1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose such
city shall have the rights, powers and privileges and shall be subject
to the duties and obligations granted to or imposed upon authorities
with respect to such projects by the provisions of this article.

2. Such city shall have the power to designate or appoint an authority
as its agent to acquire, construct, lease, manage, operate or dispose
of, in the name of the authority or in the name of the city, one or more
emergency projects. When acting as the agent of a city, either in its
own name or in the name of the city, an authority shall be governed by
the provisions of this article and of such other laws, not inconsistent
with this article, as govern the conduct of authorities, and shall not
be governed by the laws, local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations
governing the conduct of cities.

3. A city may render and provide or contract to render and provide
services and facilities in connection with an emergency project in
accordance with the provisions of section ninety-nine of this chapter.

4. To effectuate any of the purposes of this article such city may:
(a) incur indebtedness; (b) issue and sell its bonds for periods not
exceeding the probable life of the project for which they are issued;
(c) issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds
previously issued by it for emergency projects but no such refunding
bonds shall have a maturity date later than the end of the probable life
of the emergency project for which they are issued; (d) make or contract
to make loans to an authority operating within the territorial limits of
such city; (e) make or contract to make to such authority capital
subsidies or periodic subsidies for a period not exceeding the probable
life of the project; (f) guarantee the principal of and interest on, or
only the interest on, indebtedness contracted by such authority; (g)
and, unless otherwise expressly limited by this article, exercise all
the powers, rights and privileges granted to municipalities by this
chapter. The probable life of an emergency project undertaken by such
city is hereby determined to be ten years.

5. Such city may at any time and without regard to any restrictions,
procedures or time limitations contained in its charter or in other
laws, local laws, rules or ordinances governing the appropriation of its
funds, appropriate for the purposes of this article, from its general
fund or from such other funds as are available for the current expenses
of such city, such sums as it may deem necessary and feasible to
effectuate the purposes of this article; provided that such city shall,
at least two days prior to the meeting of the local legislative body at
which any appropriation made hereunder is acted upon, cause to be
published in the official publication of such city a notice that such
appropriation will be made, and shall, within twenty days after such
meeting, cause to be similarly published a notice that such
appropriation has been made.

6. Such city may enter into contracts for the demolition, excavation,
construction, alteration, and renovation of, or for the purchase of
materials and supplies for, an emergency project without regard to the
requirements for advertising of or invitation for bids or for the making
of awards contained in any general, special or local law, charter,
ordinance, rule or regulation.

7. When an authority acts as agent or lessee for a city in the
acquisition, construction, management, operation or disposition of an
emergency project, the city shall have the power to indemnify or
contract to indemnify such authority against any deficit, loss or
liability arising therefrom.

8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local
law, any contract made, indebtedness incurred, appropriation made, or
action taken by a city, provided there is compliance with the provisions
of this article, shall be sufficiently and finally authorized if it is
approved by the local legislative body of the city.