NY Gen Mun L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 243 - Recreation Commission.

§  243.  Recreation  commission.  1.  If  the  board  of  estimate and   apportionment, or if there be no such board, the common  council,  board   of  aldermen,  or corresponding legislative body, or the governing board   of any such county, town or village shall determine that  the  power  to   equip,  operate and maintain playgrounds and recreation centers shall be   exercised by a recreation commission, they may, by resolution, establish   in such municipality a recreation commission, which  shall  possess  all   the  powers  and  be  subject  to  all  the  responsibilities  of  local   authorities under this article.2. Such a commission, if established, shall consist of at  least  five   and  not  more than seven persons who are residents of such municipality   or of such other municipality or school districts as shall  pursuant  to   agreement  with such municipality contribute to the expense of operating   and maintaining any such  playgrounds  and  recreation  centers,  to  be   appointed  by  the  mayor  of  such  city or the governing board of such   county, town or village to serve for terms as set forth herein or  until   their  successors  are  appointed.  The members of such commission first   appointed shall be appointed  for  such  terms  that  the  term  of  one   commissioner  shall  expire  annually  thereafter,  and their successors   shall thereafter be appointed to serve terms of years which shall  total   in  number  the membership of such commission. When the membership of an   existing commission is increased from five members to six  or  from  six   members  to seven, the new member shall be appointed to serve for a term   of years which shall total in number the increased  membership  of  such   commission,  and  thereafter  upon  the  expiration  of the term of each   member, his reappointment or the appointment of his successor  shall  be   for  a  like  term.  When  the  membership  of an existing commission is   increased from five members to seven, one of the new  members  shall  be   appointed  to  serve for a term of six years and the other for a term of   seven years, and thereafter upon the expiration  of  the  term  of  each   member,  his  reappointment or the appointment of his successor shall be   for a term of seven years.3. If pursuant to this section a recreation commission be  established   in  a  city,  the  board  or  body  establishing such commission may, by   resolution, provide that the president of the park board of  such  city,   or  an  officer  having  corresponding  functions, shall be ex-officio a   member of the commission except that in a  city  of  the  second  class,   located  in  a  county  having a population of not less than two hundred   thousand nor more than two hundred and fifty  thousand,  the  mayor  may   appoint  any resident of the city a member of such recreation commission   in lieu of the above mentioned ex-officio member.4. Members of such commission shall serve  without  pay,  except  that   those  members serving on such a commission in the town of Clarkstown in   the county of Rockland shall be entitled to  pay  not  to  exceed  three   thousand  dollars  per member if approved by the town board of such town   as part of the town  budget.  Vacancies  in  such  commission  occurring   otherwise than by expiration of term shall be for the unexpired term and   shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.