N.Y. GMU Law § 431

§ 431. Authorization. It shall be lawful in the interests of\nefficiency and economy for any county and any one or more municipal\ncorporations within such county or for any two or more such corporations\nwithin the county to jointly acquire real property by purchase, lease or\ncondemnation for the purposes hereinafter specified and to establish,\nconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, control and supervise for the joint\nuse and benefit of such corporations one or more jails at such place or\nplaces as may be equally accessible for each of such corporations to be\nspecified in the agreement providing therefor or to utilize one or more\nexisting jails, lock-ups, or workhouses therefor. The ordinance or\nresolution providing for such joint action shall be adopted by the\ngoverning boards of each of the several corporations affected and a\ncommittee, composed of at least one member of each of such boards, shall\nbe created to acquire necessary real property, in the name of the\nmunicipal corporations affected and, as the joint agent of such\ncorporations such committee shall have charge of the construction,\nequipment, maintenance, and operation of such jail or jails and shall\nsupervise and control the same. The ordinance or resolution may specify\nmatters as to which the action of the committee shall require the joint\napproval of such boards and shall prescribe the proportions of the cost\nof the construction and operation of such jail or jails to be borne by\nthe several corporations affected. The moneys to pay the share to be\nborne by each corporation affected shall be provided by appropriation in\nsuch amounts and at such time as may be agreed upon. Any jail,\npenitentiary, workhouse, or lock-up, abandoned or rendered useless by\nreason of action taken pursuant to this section may be sold or otherwise\ndisposed of or utilized by the corporation controlling the same. The\nordinance or resolution may also provide for the transfer to and\nutilization in the proposed joint jail or jails of the books, papers and\nrecords and the vans, wagons, automobiles, equipment and personnel of\nany existing jail, penitentiary, workhouse, or lock-up whose continued\noperation will be rendered unnecessary by reason of action taken\npursuant to this section. All of the provisions of the correction law\nand of every other general, special or local law shall so far as\npracticable, continue to apply with full force and effect to every jail\nestablished and maintained pursuant to this section as if the several\nconstituent institutions consolidated by such jail had continued in\noperation as single units.\n