No restriction or limitation imposed by law as to the sum to be raised in any year in any city or village shall apply to the moneys to be raised for the purposes specified in the last preceding section; but the said moneys shall be raised in addition to any sum so restricted or limited. In the city of New York the powers and duties devolved upon the common council of a city by section eighty-two of this chapter shall be exercised by the board of estimate and apportionment.
New York Legal Code