N.Y. GMU Law § 236

§ 236. General powers. The body creating such planning commission may,\nat any time, by ordinance or local law or resolution, provide that the\nfollowing matters, or any one or more of them, shall be referred for\nreport thereon, to such commission by the board, commission,\ncommissioner or other public officer or officers of said city or village\nwhich is the final authority thereon before final action thereon by such\nauthority: the adoption of any map or plan of said city or incorporated\nvillage, or part thereof, including drainage and sewer or water system\nplans or maps, and plans or maps for any public water front, or marginal\nstreet, or public structure upon, in or in connection with such front or\nstreet, or for any dredging, filling or fixing of lines with relation to\nsaid front; any change of any such maps or plans; the location of any\npublic structure upon, in or in connection with, or fixing lines with\nrelation to said front; the location of any public building, bridge,\nstatue or monument, highway, park, parkway, square, playground or\nrecreation ground, or public open place of said city or village. In\ndefault of any such ordinance, local law or resolution all of said\nmatters shall be so referred to said planning commission.\n The body creating such planning commission may, at any time, by\nordinance, local law or resolution, fix the time within which such\nplanning commission shall report upon any matter or class of matters to\nbe referred to it, with or without the further provision that in default\nof report within the time so fixed, the planning commission shall\nforfeit the right further to suspend action, as aforesaid with regard to\nthe particular matter upon which it has so defaulted. In default of any\nsuch ordinance, local law or resolution, no such action shall be taken\nuntil such report is so received, and no adoption, change, fixing or\nlocation as aforesaid by said final authority, prior thereto, shall be\nvalid. No ordinance, local law or resolution shall deprive said planning\ncommission of its right or relieve it of its duty, to report, at such\ntime as it deems proper upon any matter at any time referred to it.\n This section shall not be construed as intended to limit or impair the\npower of any art commission, park commission or commissioner, now or\nhereafter existing by virtue of any provision of law, to refuse consent\nto the acceptance by any municipality of the gift of any work of art to\nsaid municipality, without reference of the matter, by reason of its\nproposed location or otherwise, to said planning commission. Nor shall\nthis section be construed as intended to limit or impair any other power\nof any such art commission or affect the same, except in so far as it\nprovides for reference or report, or both, on any matter before final\naction thereon by said art commission.\n