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2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 3 - Participation by Service-Disabled Veterans With Respect to State Contracts › 42 - Opportunities for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises.

§  42.  Opportunities  for  certified  service-disabled  veteran-owned
business enterprises.  1.  The  director,  or  in  the  absence  of  the
director,  the commissioner, within ninety days of the effective date of
this article shall promulgate rules and regulations  for  the  following
purposes:
(a)   provide   measures  and  procedures  to  ensure  that  certified
service-disabled veteran-owned business  enterprises  are  afforded  the
opportunity  for  meaningful  participation  in the performance of state
contracts and to assist in state agencies' identification of those state
contracts for which certified  service-disabled  veteran-owned  business
enterprises may best perform;
(b)  provide for measures and procedures that assist state agencies in
the identification of state  contracts  where  service-disabled  veteran
contract  goals  are practical, feasible and appropriate for the purpose
of increasing the utilization of service-disabled veteran-owned business
enterprise participation on state contracts;
(c) achieve a statewide goal for participation on state  contracts  by
service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises of six percent;
(d)  provide  for  procedures  relating  to  submission and receipt of
applications by service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises  for
certification;
(e)  provide  for  the monitoring and compliance of state contracts by
state agencies with respect to the provisions of this article;
(f) provide for the requirement that  state  agencies  submit  regular
reports,   as   determined  by  the  director,  with  respect  to  their
service-disabled veteran-owned  business  enterprise  program  activity,
including  but  not limited to, utilization reporting and state contract
monitoring and compliance;
(g) notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law, the public
buildings law, the highway law, the transportation  law  or  the  public
authorities  law  to  the  contrary,  provide  for  the  reservation  or
set-aside of certain procurements by state agencies in order to  achieve
the   objectives   of   this   article;  provided,  however,  that  such
procurements shall remain subject to (i) priority of  preferred  sources
pursuant  to  sections one hundred sixty-two and one hundred sixty-three
of the state finance law; (ii) the approval of the  comptroller  of  the
state of New York pursuant to section one hundred twelve and section one
hundred  sixty-three  of  the state finance law and section twenty-eight
hundred seventy-nine-a of the public  authorities  law;  and  (iii)  the
procurement  record  requirements pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision
nine of section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; and
(h) provide for any other purposes to effectuate this article.
2.  State  agencies  shall  administer  the  rules   and   regulations
promulgated by the director for the implementation of this article.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 3 - Participation by Service-Disabled Veterans With Respect to State Contracts › 43 - Severability.

§  43.  Severability.  If  any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or
  part of this article  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  the judgment shall not affect, impair or
  invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section  or  part  of  this  article
  directly  involved  in  the controversy in which the judgment shall have
  been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 1 - Short Title › 1-102 - Powers of Incorporated Village.

§ 1-102. Powers of incorporated village
The  citizens  of the state of New York, from time to time inhabitants
  of  the  territory  comprised  within  the  boundaries  of  any  village
  heretofore  or  hereafter  incorporated shall continue to be a municipal
  corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and the same shall in
  that name be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, with power
  of perpetual succession. The village shall have power:
1. To take, purchase, hold, lease,  sell  and  convey  such  real  and
  personal property as the purposes of the corporation may require.
2.  To  take  by  gift,  grant,  bequest  or  devise and hold real and
  personal  estate  absolutely  or  in  trust  for  any  purpose  of   the
  corporation  or  for any public use upon such terms or conditions as may
  be prescribed by the grantor or donor and accepted by  said  corporation
  and to provide for the proper administration of the same.
3.  To  take unconditionally by gift, grant, bequest or devise for any
  other purpose any real  or  personal  property  or  estate  or  interest
  therein,  to  hold same for only such time as is reasonably necessary to
  sell, convey or to dispose thereof, and to so sell,  convey  or  dispose
  thereof;  notwithstanding that the holding of such property would not be
  for a purpose of the corporation or for a public use.
4. To make, have and use, and from time to time alter, a common seal.
5. To contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to complain
  and defend and to institute, prosecute, maintain, defend  and  intervene
  in, any action or proceeding in any court.
6.  To  have  and exercise all the rights, privileges and jurisdiction
  essential to a proper exercise of its corporate function, including  all
  that  may  be necessarily incident to, or may be fairly implied from the
  powers specifically conferred upon such corporation.
7. To have and exercise all  the  rights,  privileges,  functions  and
  powers  prescribed and exercised by it under existing or subsequent laws
  and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-200 - Population and Area Requirements.

§  2-200 Population and area requirements. 1. A territory containing a
  population of at least one thousand five hundred persons who are regular
  inhabitants thereof, as hereinafter defined, may be  incorporated  as  a
  village  under  this  chapter provided such territory does not include a
  part of a city or village  and  further  provided  the  limits  of  such
  territory:
a. do not contain more than five square miles; or
b.  are coterminous with the entire boundaries of a school, fire, fire
  protection, fire alarm, town special or town improvement district; or
c. are coterminous with parts of  the  boundaries  of  more  than  one
  school,  fire,  fire  protection,  fire  alarm,  town  special  or  town
  improvement district, all of which  are  wholly  contained  within  such
  limits and within one town; or
d. are coterminous with the entire boundaries of a town.
2.  Definitions.  a.  "Regular inhabitants" as used herein and for the
  purpose of this article  shall  include  all  persons  residing  in  the
  territory   proposed   to   be  incorporated  except  such  persons  who
  themselves, or who are persons under the age of eighteen years  residing
  with  persons  who, maintain a residence outside such territory which is
  used as their address for purposes of voting.
b. "Commission" as used herein and for the purposes  of  this  article
  shall  mean  the  village  incorporation  commission,  as established by
  section 2-260 of this article.
c. "Secretary" as used herein and for the  purposes  of  this  article
  shall mean the secretary of state.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-206 - Proceeding on Hearing.

§  2-206  Proceeding  on  hearing. 1. The commission shall meet at the
  time and place specified in such notice and shall hear objections  which
  may be presented as to the incorporation based upon any of the following
  grounds:
a. That a person signing such petition was not qualified therefor;
b.  That  the  petition  does  not  contain the signatures of at least
  twenty percent of the residents in such territory qualified to vote  for
  officers of a town in which all or part of such territory is located;
c. That such territory is part of a city or village;
d.  That  if  such  territory is less than an entire town, it contains
  more than five square miles and the limits of  such  territory  are  not
  coterminous  with  the  entire  boundaries  of  one  school,  fire, fire
  protection, fire alarm, town special or town  improvement  district  and
  the  limits  of  such  territory  are  not coterminous with parts of the
  boundaries of more than one school, fire, fire protection,  fire  alarm,
  town  special  or  town  improvement  district,  all of which are wholly
  contained within such limits and within one town;
e. That such territory does not contain a population of at  least  one
  thousand five hundred regular inhabitants;
f.  That  the petition in any other specified respect does not conform
  to the requirements of this article;
g. That a study as required by section 2-202 of this article  has  not
  been submitted and made available to the public for public review for at
  least ninety days before the hearing required by this article;
h. That the proposed village is incapable of providing services;
i.  That  the tax revenue collected by such proposed village would not
  sufficiently defray the cost of municipal services  at  a  property  tax
  rate  that  favorably  compares  to the property tax rate of the town or
  towns; or
j. That the incorporation would increase tax burdens on those  located
  in  the  town  or  towns  within  which  such  proposed village would be
  established.
2. The commission shall conduct the hearing.
3. All objections must be  in  writing  and  signed  by  one  or  more
  residents qualified to vote for town offices a town in which all or part
  of  such  territory  of the proposed village is located. Testimony as to
  objections may be taken at the hearing which shall be reduced to writing
  and subscribed by those testifying. All written  objections  and  signed
  testimony shall clearly state the name and address of the objector.
4.  The  hearing  may be adjourned but must be concluded within twenty
  days from the date fixed in the notice of hearing.
5. The town clerk and any other official or employee of each  town  in
  which  any  portion  of  such  territory  is  located  shall  assist the
  commission in verifying the validity of the petition in connection  with
  any  objection raised pursuant to paragraph a or b of subdivision one of
  this section.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-208 - Decision to Commence Village Incorporation Election.

§ 2-208 Decision to commence village incorporation election. 1. Within
  ten  days after such hearing is concluded the commission shall determine
  whether the petition complies with the requirements of this article  and
  shall  make  and  sign  a decision as to whether a village incorporation
  shall proceed to election. The commission's decision shall be  based  on
  an  evidentiary  record  consisting  of  the incorporation petition, the
  study and all exhibits and certifications required by section  2-202  of
  this  article, and any objections made pursuant to section 2-206 of this
  article. If the members of the commission  cannot  agree,  the  decision
  shall  be  deemed  to  be  adverse  to  the petition. If the decision be
  adverse to the petition, the decision shall contain a brief statement of
  the reasons on which the adverse decision is based  or  the  reasons  on
  which  the  members  of  the  commission  determined not to proceed to a
  village incorporation election.
2. The original copy of the decision, copies  of  the  notice  of  the
  hearing  together  with  affidavits  of posting and publishing same, the
  written objections and the minutes of proceedings taken on  the  hearing
  including  signed  testimony  shall  be  filed  by the commission within
  fifteen days after the hearing is concluded, with the town clerk of  the
  same  town  in which the original copy of the petition was filed and the
  secretary of the state. Duplicate copies of the  said  papers  shall  be
  filed  with  the  town  clerks  of  all  towns in which any part of such
  territory is located.
3. If no proceeding be  instituted  to  review  such  decision  within
  thirty days after such filing of the original copy thereof, the decision
  shall be final and conclusive. In the event that the decision is adverse
  to  the  petition,  a  new proceeding for incorporation may be commenced
  immediately.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-210 - Review of Decision.

§  2-210  Review of decision.  1. The decision of the commission as to
  the petition and  whether  a  village  incorporation  shall  proceed  to
  election  shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with article
  seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
2. Such proceeding must be instituted within  thirty  days  after  the
  filing  of  the  original  copy  of such decision as required by section
  2-208 of this article.
3. The proceeding may only be instituted by a resident in  a  town  in
  which a part of such territory is located.
4. In addition to the requirements of said article seventy-eight:
a.   Notice   of   such   a  proceeding  in  accordance  with  article
  seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules shall be given to  the
  secretary  and  the  town  clerk  of each town in which any part of such
  territory is located, each of whom shall cause same to be filed in their
  office.
b. If the proceeding be brought to review a decision  adverse  to  the
  petition,  copies  of all papers in connection therewith shall be served
  on all persons designated by  objectors  to  the  petition  pursuant  to
  section  2-204  of this article and on all other objectors who have made
  no such designations and whose objections were submitted in writing  and
  signed.  Service  shall  be  sufficient  if made either personally or by
  certified mail with a return receipt.
c. If the proceeding be brought to review a  decision  sustaining  the
  petition,  copies  of all papers in connection therewith shall be served
  on all persons designated in the petition to receive same.
d. All  persons  served  pursuant  to  paragraphs  b  and  c  of  this
  subdivision  shall  be  parties  to  such  proceeding under said article
  seventy-eight.
e. All issues in any proceeding hereunder shall have  preference  over
  all other civil actions and proceedings.
5.  The successful party to any such proceeding shall file a certified
  copy of the decision and order in the office of the clerk of  each  town
  in which any part of such territory is located and with the secretary of
  state  who shall give notice of the receipt of the decision and order to
  the commission within three days.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-212 - Right to Election.

§ 2-212 Right to election. 1. An election to determine the question of
  incorporation shall be held no later than one hundred eighty days and no
  earlier  than  ninety  days  after  the first occurring of either of the
  following two events:
a. The expiration of thirty days from the filing of the original of  a
  decision  by  the  commission  to  proceed  to  a  village incorporation
  election pursuant to section 2-208 of this  article  and  no  proceeding
  having been instituted to review same, or
b.  The  filing  of  a  final  order  affirming  the  decision  of the
  commission to proceed to a village incorporation  election  pursuant  to
  section  2-208  of  this  article  or  reversing  the  decision  of  the
  commission not to proceed to a village incorporation  election  pursuant
  to section 2-208 of this article after such a proceeding to review.
2. The procedure for conducting said election shall be pursuant to the
  election law.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-214 - Notice of Election.

§  2-214  Notice of election. No later than three days after the right
  to an election is complete, the commission shall direct the  town  clerk
  of  each  town in which any portion of such territory is located to post
  in six public places in that part of such territory located in such town
  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 joint notice by the clerks of  all  such  towns  that  at  a
  convenient  place in such territory, between the hours of twelve o'clock
  noon and nine o'clock in the evening and on a day not less  than  twenty
  nor  more  than  thirty  days  after  the  date of the posting and first
  publication, which  date  and  place  shall  be  specified  therein,  an
  election  will  be  held  to  determine  whether the proposed village of
  (naming it) shall  be  incorporated.  No  later  than  five  days  after
  receiving  direction from the commission, 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 business 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.  In such instance, the postings of such
  notices shall be made by the town clerk or clerks no later  than  twenty
  days after the right to an election is complete. Such election shall not
  be  held  on a day of a town election or of a general election in a town
  in which any part of such territory is located. 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. Such posting shall  also
  be made on the secretary of state's website.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-220 - Conduct of Election.

§  2-220  Conduct of election. 1. Time and place. An election shall be
  held at the time and place specified in the notice of election.
2. Manner of voting. Voting may be either  by  voting  machine  or  by
  paper  ballots.  Paper  ballots  may  be written or printed and shall be
  consecutively  numbered.  Ballots   shall   contain   the   words   "for
  incorporation" and "against incorporation".
3.  Inspectors of election. The election shall be conducted by a board
  of inspectors of election consisting of the town clerks and  supervisors
  of each town in which any portion of such territory is located. The town
  clerk of each such town shall serve a copy of the notice of election and
  a  notice of the composition of the board of inspectors of election upon
  the supervisor or supervisors thereof at least ten days before the  date
  fixed  for  such  election. The town board or boards of such towns shall
  also jointly designate four alternate members of the board of inspectors
  of  election  who  shall  be  qualified  voters  of  such  territory  to
  substitute  for  any of the original board of inspectors of election who
  do not attend at the time and place fixed for such election.  Notice  of
  such  designation together with copies of the notices herein required to
  be served on supervisors shall be served on such designees at least  ten
  days  prior  to  such  election.  If  less  than  all  of  the  officers
  constituting the original board of inspectors of election attend at  the
  time  and  place  fixed  for the election, those attending shall appoint
  such number of the aforementioned alternate designees as  are  necessary
  to  form  a  full  board.  The  inspectors conducting the election shall
  receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the town board or  boards
  appointing them.
4.  Powers  and duties of inspectors. The inspectors shall execute the
  constitutional oath of office and file same in the office  of  the  town
  clerk wherein was filed a copy of the petition. They shall supervise and
  conduct  such election and in connection therewith shall possess all the
  powers conferred by law upon a board of inspectors of election at a town
  election, so far as the same are applicable.
5. Applicability of election law. The provisions of the  election  law
  not  inconsistent  herewith  shall  apply to such election so far as the
  same are practicable.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-222 - Canvass of Election.

§  2-222 Canvass of election. 1. At the close of the polls and as soon
  thereafter as the inspectors of  election  shall  have  completed  their
  other  duties  as  provided  in  this  chapter  and  in  the  applicable
  provisions of the election law, the inspectors  thereat  shall  publicly
  canvass  and  ascertain the vote without adjournment or postponement and
  upon the completion of the canvass shall make and sign a certificate  of
  the holding of the election and of the canvass showing for the territory
  or  for  each part of each town in the territory and computed separately
  for each such part, as the case may be, the whole number of such  votes,
  the   number  of  blank  and  void  ballots,  if  any,  the  number  for
  incorporation and the number against incorporation. If a majority of the
  valid votes cast in the territory or in each part of each  town  in  the
  territory  and  computed  separately for each such part, as the case may
  be, is for incorporation, the proposed village shall be incorporated  as
  provided  in  section 2-234 of this article.  The inspectors of election
  shall also and before  nine  thirty  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  the
  following day file the original of such certificate in the office of the
  clerk  of  the  town  wherein was filed the original of the petition for
  incorporation and duplicate copies thereof in the offices of the  clerks
  of all other towns in which a portion of such territory is located.
2.  If  the  certificate  shows that less than a majority of the valid
  votes cast in the territory or in any part of any town in the  territory
  and  computed  separately  for  such  part,  as the case may be, at such
  election is for incorporation then no proceeding for  the  incorporation
  of  the  same territory shall be commenced within one year from the date
  of such election.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-224 - Review of Election.

§  2-224  Review  of  election.  A  person  qualified  to vote at such
  election may, not more than ten days after the filing of the original of
  the certificate of election, institute a  proceeding  to  determine  the
  validity  or regularity of such election before the supreme court or any
  justice thereof within the judicial district in which such territory  or
  any  part  of  it  is located.   Such court or justice thereof shall, in
  connection therewith, determine any question arising and make such order
  as justice may require in respect to the validity and regularity of such
  election. The proceeding shall be heard upon verified petition and  such
  oral  or  written proof as may be offered and, in addition to the notice
  hereinafter required, upon such further notice to such  persons  as  the
  court  or  justice  shall  direct.  The  proceeding  shall  be summarily
  determined and shall have  preference  over  all  other  causes  in  all
  courts. Certified copies of the decision shall be filed in the office of
  the  clerk  of  each  town  in  which  any  portion of such territory is
  located.  No costs shall be allowed to any party to such proceeding.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-226 - Notice of Proceeding for Review of Election.

§  2-226  Notice  of  proceeding  for  review  of  election.  A person
  instituting a proceeding under section 2-224 of this article shall serve
  a copy of the verified petition on which same is to  be  heard  on  each
  town  clerk  with  whom  the  original  or  a copy of the certificate of
  election was filed and also upon each person designated in the  petition
  for incorporation, or designated in written objections to said petition,
  to  receive  service  of  papers  in  connection with the proceeding for
  incorporation.   In addition the  person  instituting  such  proceedings
  shall  cause  copies  of  such petition to be posted in five conspicuous
  places in such territory.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-228 - Stay of Further Proceedings.

§  2-228  Stay of further proceedings. The institution of a proceeding
  under section 2-224 of this article shall  serve  to  stay  all  further
  proceedings  in  connection  with  the  proposed  incorporation  of such
  territory until the final determination thereof and  the  expiration  of
  the  time  within  which  to  take  an appeal with no appeal having been
  taken.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-230 - New Election.

§  2-230  New  election. If the election is set aside as a result of a
  final determination in a proceeding instituted pursuant to section 2-224
  of this article, a new election shall be held.  The  right  to  such  an
  election  shall  be complete upon the filing of certified copies of such
  final determination with the town clerks  of  the  towns  in  which  any
  portion of such territory is located. Upon such filing such clerks shall
  give  notice  of  a  new  election.  All  the provisions of this article
  regulating the first election shall apply to a new election. Further new
  elections shall be held in like manner if any subsequent election is set
  aside.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-232 - Report of Incorporation.

§  2-232  Report  of  incorporation. After ten and within fifteen days
  from the filing  of  the  certificate  of  election  certifying  that  a
  majority  of  the  votes  cast  were  cast  for  incorporation and if no
  proceeding is instituted to review the validity and  regularity  of  the
  election   or   within   fifteen  days  after  the  filing  of  a  final
  determination  in  such  a  proceeding  sustaining  the   validity   and
  regularity of the election, the town clerk with whom the original of the
  certificate  of election was filed shall prepare and deliver a report of
  incorporation to the secretary of state, state comptroller, commissioner
  of taxation and finance and to the county clerk and county treasurer  of
  each county and to the clerk of any other town in which any part of such
  territory is located. Such report of incorporation shall include:
a.  A  copy of the certificate of election certified by the inspectors
  of election.
b. A statement that the time to institute a proceeding for a review of
  the election has expired and that no such proceeding has been commenced;
  or a certified copy of the final determination, if any, of the court  or
  justice sustaining the results of the election.
c.  An outline map and a metes and bounds description of the territory
  within such village which  the  clerk  shall  furnish  or  cause  to  be
  prepared at the original expense of the towns in which such territory is
  located.  Such original expense shall be borne equally by each such town
  unless otherwise agreed.
d. A statement of the population of the territory as it appears by the
  exhibit attached to the petition for incorporation.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-234 - Date and Certificate of Incorporation and Effective Dates.

§  2-234 Date and certificate of incorporation and effective dates. 1.
The secretary of state upon receipt of the report of incorporation shall
forthwith  file  same  in  his  office  and,   in   a   certificate   of
incorporation, shall certify, under the seal of his office, to the clerk
of each town in which any portion of such territory is located that said
report  has  been filed in his office giving the date of filing thereof.
The village shall be incorporated as of the date of the filing  of  said
report;  provided,  however,  that  such incorporation shall only become
effective on the following dates for the following purposes:
a. from the date of incorporation:
(1) to perform any and all acts authorized in sections  2-236  through
2-250 inclusive, hereof
(2) to appoint a village clerk, treasurer, attorney
(3) to hold meetings of the board of trustees
(4) to appoint a zoning commission
(5) to engage necessary clerical assistants to the clerk
(6) to designate an official newspaper
(7)  to  fix  the compensation of and to pay all salaries, fees, costs
and disbursements in connection with any of the foregoing and to  borrow
by  tax  anticipation  notes in the manner provided in the local finance
law, such money as may be needed to make such payments.
(8) such officers, commission, and employees as are authorized by this
paragraph shall have power to perform their necessary duties.
b. from  the  first  day  of  January  next  succeeding  the  date  of
incorporation:
(1)  to  perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of title two of
article fourteen of the real property tax law
(2) to perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of  this  chapter
in the article entitled "Finances".
(3)  to  pay  all necessary costs and disbursements in connection with
the foregoing and to borrow by tax  anticipation  notes  in  the  manner
provided  in  the local finance law, such money as may be needed to make
such payments.
c. from the first day of June following the first day of January  next
succeeding  the  date  of  incorporation,  to  have and exercise all the
rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities  granted  villages  by
the constitution or any other provision of law.
2. The town clerks of all towns in which any part of such territory is
located  shall, uopn the appointment of the village clerk as provided in
section 2-240 of this article, deliver to said clerk the certificates of
incorporation filed with them for permanent inclusion  in  the  official
records of said village.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-236 - Payment of Expenses Incurred in Proceedings for Incorporation if Village Not Incorporated.

§  2-236 Payment of expenses incurred in proceedings for incorporation
  if village not  incorporated.  If  the  incorporation  of  the  proposed
  village  be  not effected by the proceedings authorized in this article,
  the expenses incurred by the towns in which any part of  such  territory
  is  located  for  payment  of  cost  of  posting, publishing and serving
  required notices, stenographic services and services  of  inspectors  of
  election  shall  be  paid from the fund deposited with the department of
  state, on behalf of the commission. If such fund  so  deposited  is  not
  sufficient to pay all of such expenses, the costs in excess of such fund
  shall be a general town charge.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-240 - Appointment of Village Clerk.

§  2-240  Appointment  of village clerk. 1. Within five days after the
  filing of the certificate of incorporation in the offices of the  clerks
  of each town in which any portion of the village is located, such clerks
  shall  jointly  appoint  a  resident  of the village to serve as village
  clerk until his successor is  chosen  by  the  first  elected  board  of
  trustees.
2. A copy of such joint appointment shall be delivered to such village
  clerk  and copies thereof shall be filed in the office of each such town
  clerk. Within three days after his appointment the village  clerk  shall
  file the constitutional oath of office with the town clerk with whom the
  original  of the certificate of election was filed and shall file a copy
  thereof with the town clerks of all other towns in which any part of the
  village is located.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-242 - First Election of Officers, Terms of Office.

§  2-242  First  election  of  officers, terms of office. 1. Except as
  provided in section 17-1703 of this chapter, an election, which shall be
  deemed a special election, shall be held pursuant to the election law in
  the village no more than sixty days after the appointment of the village
  clerk.
2. At such first election a mayor and four trustees shall be chosen.
3. If such first election be held on or  after  the  first  Monday  in
  April  and before the first Monday of October in any one year, the terms
  of office of two of the trustees shall  expire  at  noon  on  the  first
  Monday in April next succeeding such first election.
4.  If  such  first  election  be held at any other time, the terms of
  office of such two trustees shall expire one year after the first Monday
  in April next succeeding such first election.
5. The terms of office of the mayor and the other two  trustees  shall
  expire  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  April  next succeeding the
  expiration of the terms of  office  of  the  first  two  trustees  above
  mentioned.
6. The terms of office of officers elected under this section commence
  as  soon  as  they  have qualified in the manner hereinafter provided in
  this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-244 - Notice of Election, Appointment of Inspectors.

§  2-244  Notice of election, appointment of inspectors. 1. Within ten
  days after  his  appointment,  the  village  clerk  shall  cause  to  be
  conspicuously  posted, in at least six public places in the village, and
  also to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation
  therein, a notice of such election specifying  the  time  and  place  of
  holding  the  election, the hours of opening and closing the polls which
  shall be from twelve o'clock noon to nine o'clock in  the  evening,  and
  the offices and the terms thereof to be filled. For the purposes of this
  section,  in  the event that the village maintains a website, one of the
  posting requirements required by this subdivision may  be  fulfilled  by
  posting such information on the website.
2.  Also within ten days after his appointment the village clerk shall
  appoint four persons qualified to vote at the first election of officers
  to serve as inspectors of such election. The persons so appointed  shall
  file  their  constitutional oath of office with the village clerk within
  three days after their appointment.
3. The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  villages
  incorporated to embrace the entire territory of a town.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-246 - Conduct of First Village Election.

§ 2-246 Conduct of first village election. 1. All persons qualified to
  vote  for  town  officers and who have been residents of the village for
  thirty days prior to such election may vote for such village officers.
2. The inspectors of election appointed by  the  village  clerk  shall
  conduct  such  election  in  the manner provided in this chapter for the
  election of village officers at an annual village  election  so  far  as
  practicable and shall be paid at the same rate as inspectors at the last
  preceding general election held in such territory.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-248 - First Meeting of the Board of Trustees.

§  2-248  First  meeting  of  the  board  of  trustees.  As soon as is
  practicable after such first election the  mayor  and  trustees  elected
  thereat  shall  meet  and  appoint  a clerk and treasurer and such other
  officers as are authorized by law.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-250 - Town Legislation to Carry Over.

§  2-250  Town  legislation  to  carry over. For a period of two years
  after the date of incorporation, all local laws,  ordinances,  rules  or
  regulations, which otherwise would apply to and affect only such part of
  a town as is outside the limits of any incorporated village, of any town
  in  which  the  village,  or a part thereof, is located in effect on the
  date of incorporation of the  village,  including  but  not  limited  to
  zoning  ordinances,  shall remain in effect in such village or such part
  thereof as if same had been duly  adopted  by  the  board  of  trustees,
  provided,   however,   that  such  local  laws,  ordinances,  rules  and
  regulations so carried over shall be enforced and  administered  by  the
  appropriate  town  officials  until  the first day of June following the
  first day of January next  succeeding  the  date  of  incorporation  and
  thereafter  by  the appropriate village officials; and provided further,
  however, that any such local law, ordinance, rule  or  regulation  shall
  cease  to  be  in  effect  in  the  village  or any part thereof when so
  determined by any general, special or local law, or when replaced by any
  general or special law covering the same subject  matter;  and  provided
  further, however, from the date of incorporation the village may prepare
  and  enact  local  laws,  resolutions,  rules,  and  regulations  to  be
  effective as  provided  in  such  local  laws,  resolutions,  rules  and
  regulations.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-256 - Liability to Special Districts and Collection of Funds.

§  2-256  Liability  to special districts and collection of funds.  If
  the  territory  so  incorporated  as  a  village  includes  within   its
  boundaries  part  of  a  special  district established by the town for a
  sewer, water, light, fire, park, health, police  or  any  other  special
  district  for  municipal  purposes  the territory so included within the
  boundaries of the  village  shall  not  be  relieved  from  bearing  its
  proportionate  share  of any liability or indebtedness incurred for such
  special district purposes while  such  territory  was  a  part  of  such
  special  district  and  until  such  liability  is  discharged,  or such
  indebtedness paid the proportionate share to which such territory  would
  be  liable  if it had not been included in the boundaries of the village
  shall be levied upon, assessed and collected from such territory by  the
  proper  officers of such village in the same manner as if such territory
  had not been included within the boundaries of the village.  All  moneys
  so  collected  shall  be  paid  over  from  time  to time by the village
  treasurer to the supervisor of the town to discharge such liability. The
  collector or receiver of taxes of a town and the treasurer of  a  county
  shall continue in the execution of his duties in respect to the property
  included   in  the  boundaries  of  a  village  incorporated  under  the
  provisions of this article until  he  shall  have  collected  the  taxes
  authorized  or assessed for the year of such incorporation or which have
  been extended on the town assessment roll and become a lien  after  such
  incorporation and pay to the treasurer of the village when collected the
  taxes  extended  on  the  assessment  roll  against  property within the
  village for highway, health, water, light, fire, park, sewer, police  or
  other special district purposes.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-258 - Apportionment of Property and Obligations of a Special District of a Town Upon the Incorporation of a Part in a Village.

§  2-258  Apportionment  of  property  and  obligations  of  a special
  district of a town upon the incorporation of a part in a village. If the
  territory so incorporated as a village includes  within  its  boundaries
  part  of  a special district established by the town for a sewer, water,
  light, fire, park, health, police or  any  other  special  district  for
  municipal  purposes,  the  proportion of the bonded debt incurred by the
  town and payable  by  a  tax  against  the  property  within  a  special
  district, for whose benefit the bonds were issued which shall be assumed
  by  the  village  and  the  apportionment  of personal and real property
  belonging to the special district shall be determined according  to  the
  relative  assessed  valuation  of the personal and real property in that
  portion of the special district without the  village  and  that  portion
  within  the village, in the following manner: the town board of the town
  when acting as a board for special district exclusive of  a  member  who
  may  reside  in  the  village  or the commissioner or commissioners of a
  special district where the special district is managed by a commissioner
  or commissioners exclusive of a member who may reside in the village and
  the trustees of the village being unable  to  agree  within  six  months
  after  the  incorporation  of  the  village  becomes  complete  upon the
  proportion of the debt and the apportionment of the  personal  and  real
  property,  then  the  supreme  court  shall have power to determine such
  division and to enforce such award, division and determination as  shall
  be made in the premises in a suit in equity to be brought in the name of
  either of the said parties.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 2 - Incorporation › 2-259 - Fiscal Study Reporting.

§ 2-259 Fiscal study reporting. 1. A fiscal study required pursuant to
  paragraph g of subdivision one of section 2-206 of this article shall be
  completed prior to any village incorporation election takes place.
2.  Such  fiscal  study  referenced in subdivision one of this section
  shall be submitted to the department of state and shall be posted by the
  department of state  on  the  public  facing  portion  of  its  website;
  provided  however,  that  approval  of  a village incorporation petition
  shall not be deemed effective until the study  has  been  completed  and
  publicly posted for a minimum of ninety days.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 3 - Officers and Elections › 3-303 - Additional Village Justices in Certain Villages.

§  3-303 Additional village justices in certain villages. At least one
  hundred fifty days prior to any village general election and subject  to
  a  permissive referendum, as provided by article nine of this title, the
  board of trustees of the  following  villages  may  adopt  a  resolution
  determining that such village shall have three village justices with the
  third  village justice to be elected by the electors at the next village
  general election to begin serving a term  of  office  beginning  at  the
  start  of  the  official  year  next  succeeding  such  village  general
  election:
The village of Spring Valley in Rockland county.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 3 - Officers and Elections › 3-304 - Changing Number of Trustees.

§  3-304  Changing  number  of  trustees.  The  board  of  trustees by
  resolution or local law, subject to permissive  referendum,  may  change
  the  number  of  trustees.  Such  action shall be in accordance with the
  following:
a. If the number of trustees be  increased,  the  additional  trustees
  shall  be elected at the next general village election when trustees are
  regularly scheduled to be  elected.    At  that  election  half  of  the
  additional  trustees shall be elected for a single term equal to half of
  the full term for which said office is regularly scheduled to be  filled
  and  the  other  half  for  a  full such term. At all subsequent general
  village elections such offices shall be filled for full terms.
b. If the number of trustees be reduced, no trustees shall be elected,
  other than to fill an unexpired term, until by expiration  of  terms  of
  office  the  number of trustees in office shall equal that prescribed by
  such  resolution.  Thereafter  at  the  next  general  village  election
  one-half  of  such  prescribed number of trustees shall be elected for a
  single term equal to half of the full term  for  which  said  office  is
  regularly  scheduled  to  be  filled and the other half of such trustees
  shall be elected for a full term.  At  all  subsequent  general  village
  elections such offices shall be filled for full terms.
2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 3 - Officers and Elections › 3-306 - Official Undertakings.

§  3-306 Official undertakings. The board of trustees on behalf of the
  village or the board in control of a village owned utility  plant  shall
  post  an  official  undertaking  in  such  sum  and  form, and with such
  sureties as the board of trustees or the board in control of the village
  owned utility plant shall direct and approve for the  treasurer,  clerk,
  village  justice,  acting  village  justice, and such other officers and
  employees as may be required by the board of trustees, or by  the  board
  in  control  of a village owned utility plant. The board of trustees may
  by resolution determine that such undertaking shall  be  executed  by  a
  surety  company  authorized  to transact business in this state and that
  the expense thereof shall be a charge upon the  village.  The  board  in
  control  of  a  village  owned utility plant may by resolution determine
  that such undertaking shall be executed by a surety  company  authorized
  to transact business in this state and that the expense thereof shall be
  paid from the proceeds of the operation of such utility plant.