2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-204 - Notice of Hearing.

§  2-204  Notice  of  hearing.  1.  No later than three days after the
  filing of a petition, the study  and  all  exhibits  and  certifications
  required  by  section  2-202  of  this  article  or  copies thereof, the
  commission shall direct the town clerk of each town in which any portion
  of such territory is located to cause to be posted in six public  places
  of the portion of the territory of each town where such proposed village
  is  to  be  located  and  also  to  be  published  at least twice in the
  newspaper or newspapers designated pursuant  to  subdivision  eleven  of
  section  sixty-four  of the town law, a notice issued by the commission:
  that a petition for the incorporation of the village of (naming it)  has
  been  received; that at a place in such territory and on a day, not less
  than one hundred nor more than one hundred twenty days after the date of
  the posting and first publication of such notice, which date  and  place
  shall  be  specified  therein, a hearing will be had upon such petition;
  that such petition,  the  study  and  all  exhibits  and  certifications
  required  by section 2-202 of this article, will be available for public
  inspection in the office of each town clerk and on the  website  of  the
  department  of state until the date of such hearing; that the purpose of
  the hearing is to consider whether the  village  incorporation  petition
  meets   all  requirements  of  this  article;  that  objections  to  the
  sufficiency of the petition must be in writing and signed by one or more
  of the residents of such town; and that any group of persons having  one
  or  more objections in common may make designation in writing and signed
  by them of at least one but no more than three persons giving  the  full
  names  and  addresses on whom and at which addresses all papers required
  to be served in connection with the proceeding for  incorporation  shall
  be  served.  Within five days of receiving direction from the commission
  pursuant to this subdivision, the town clerk or clerks shall provide  to
  the  commission a list of the six locations where such notices are to be
  posted. Should the commission object to any such locations submitted  by
  the town clerk or clerks, the commission shall, no later than seven days
  after receipt of such list of locations, direct the town clerk or clerks
  to  post  such  notices  in  alternative  locations  designated  by  the
  commission. The postings of such notices shall be made by the town clerk
  or clerks no later than twenty days after the filing of  such  petition,
  the  study and all exhibits and certifications required by section 2-202
  of this article or copies thereof. A majority  of  such  designees  must
  reside  in  such  town  or  towns.  In the absence of any other suitable
  place, such hearing shall be held in a school building, if any,  located
  in  such  territory.  If such territory is located in more than one town
  that fact shall be included in the notice of hearing. For  the  purposes
  of  this section, in the event that the town maintains a website, one of
  the posting requirements required by this section may  be  fulfilled  by
  posting such information on the town's website.
2.  The  department of state shall post the study on the department of
  state's website beginning at such time as required by section  2-202  of
  this  article at least until the procedures pursuant to section 2-234 or
  2-236 of this article are satisfied, whichever occurs sooner.