NY Vill L § 3-301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-301 - Village Officers.

§  3-301  Village  officers. 1. Every village shall have the following   officers:a. a mayor;b. four trustees, except that the board of trustees of a  village  may   change  the  number  of  trustees as authorized by section 3-304 of this   article;c. a treasurer;d. a clerk.2. Any village may have the following officers:a. except as provided in section 3-303 of this article, no  more  than   two  village  justices,  but  in the event a village has one justice, it   shall also have an associate justice who shall serve when  requested  by   the  village  justice  or  in  the  absence  or inability of the village   justice to serve. The office of village justice is  continued  in  every   village  in  which  it  is now established. The board of trustees of any   other village may establish such office  by  resolution  or  local  law,   subject to a permissive referendum. The board of trustees of any village   by  resolution  or  local  law,  subject  to  permissive referendum, may   abolish such office, but to take effect only upon the expiration of  the   then  current term of such office, or establish the office of additional   village justices, which justice once elected shall have all  the  powers   and  duties  of  a  village  justice. The resolution or local law in the   latter case shall provide for a term pursuant to section 3-302  of  this   article.  The  clerk  of the court of a village shall be discharged from   employment only upon the advice and consent of the  village  justice  or   justices  when the clerk, in his or her village duties, works solely for   the village justice or justices.b. assessor  or  assessors,  provided,  however,  that  the  board  of   trustees  by  resolution  or  local  law  may consolidate the offices of   clerk, treasurer, and assessor or any two of such offices. The board  of   trustees may also determine, by local law or resolution, that such board   of  trustees  shall  act  as  the board of assessors or may appoint such   board from their members. Notwithstanding the  foregoing  provisions  of   this  paragraph,  a village which has enacted a local law as provided in   subdivision three of section fourteen hundred two of the  real  property   tax  law  shall  not  have an assessor or assessors in any year in which   such local law is in effect.c. such other officers, including deputies, as the board  of  trustees   shall  determine,  provided,  however,  that  the  board  of trustees by   resolution or local law may consolidate the offices of deputy clerk, and   deputy treasurer.3.  The  mayor,  trustees  and  village  justices  shall  be  elective   officers.    All other officers shall be appointed by the mayor, subject   to the approval of the board of trustees.4. The mayor and the trustees of a village shall constitute the  board   of trustees thereof.5. A person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of   this  state  or  who  has  been convicted in federal court or in another   state for a crime or offense that would constitute a  felony  under  the   laws of this state shall be permanently ineligible to be a candidate for   village justice or to be appointed or continue to hold such office.