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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-B - Municipal Urban Renewal Agencies, Created › Title 114 - Village of Patchogue Community Development Agency › 680-B - Village of Patchogue Community Development Agency.

§  680-b.  Village  of Patchogue community development agency. For the
  benefit of the village of  Patchogue  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  a
  community  development  agency,  to be known as the VILLAGE OF PATCHOGUE
  COMMUNITY  DEVELOPMENT   AGENCY,   is   hereby   established   for   the
  accomplishment  of  any  or  all  of  the purposes specified in articles
  fifteen and fifteen-A of  this  chapter.  It  shall  constitute  a  body
  corporate  and  politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the
  powers and duties now or hereafter conferred  by  articles  fifteen  and
  fifteen-A  of  this  chapter  upon  community  development  agencies and
  provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect  to
  the  acquisition  of  real property whether by purchase, condemnation or
  otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of  the  village  of
  Patchogue,  and  such  agency  shall  take  into consideration the local
  zoning and planning regulations  as  well  as  the  regional  and  local
  comprehensive  land  use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  in  a manner
  prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of articles  fifteen  and
  fifteen-A  of  this  chapter.  Its  members  shall  be  appointed by the
  governing body of the village of Patchogue.  The  agency,  its  members,
  officers  and  employees  and its operations and activities shall in all
  respects be governed by the provisions of articles fifteen and fifteen-A
  of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-B - Municipal Urban Renewal Agencies, Created › Title 116 - Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency › 680-C - Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency.

§  680-c.  Town  of  Riverhead  community  development agency. For the
  benefit of  the  town  of  Riverhead  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  a
  community  development  agency,  to  be  known  as the TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
  COMMUNITY  DEVELOPMENT   AGENCY,   is   hereby   established   for   the
  accomplishment  of  any  or  all  of  the purposes specified in articles
  fifteen and fifteen-A of  this  chapter.  It  shall  constitute  a  body
  corporate  and  politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the
  powers and duties now or hereafter conferred  by  articles  fifteen  and
  fifteen-A  of  this  chapter  upon  community  development  agencies and
  provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect  to
  the  acquisition  of  real property whether by purchase, condemnation or
  otherwise, shall be limited to the  corporate  limits  of  the  town  of
  Riverhead,  and  such  agency  shall  take  into consideration the local
  zoning and planning regulations  as  well  as  the  regional  and  local
  comprehensive  land  use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  in  a manner
  prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of articles  fifteen  and
  fifteen-A  of  this chapter. Its members shall consist of the supervisor
  of the town of Riverhead, who shall be its chair and  the  four  council
  members  of the town of Riverhead. The agency, its members, officers and
  employees and its operations and activities shall  in  all  respects  be
  governed  by  the  provisions  of articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-B - Municipal Urban Renewal Agencies, Created › Title 117 - Town of Haverstraw Urban Renewal Agency › 680-D - Town of Haverstraw Urban Renewal Agency.

* §  680-d.  Town of Haverstraw urban renewal agency. An urban renewal
  agency, to be known as the Town of Haverstraw urban renewal  agency,  is
  hereby  established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes
  specified in articles fifteen and  fifteen-A  of  this  chapter  and  in
  accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New
  York.  It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in
  duration and consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the town
  board. Each member shall serve a term of five years. It shall  have  the
  powers  and  duties  now  or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of
  this chapter upon municipal renewal agencies. It shall be  organized  in
  the  manner  prescribed  by  and be subject to the provisions of article
  fifteen-A of this chapter and the  agency,  its  members,  officers  and
  employees  and  its  operations  and activities shall in all respects be
  governed by the provisions of such article.
* NB There are 2 § 680-d's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-B - Municipal Urban Renewal Agencies, Created › Title 117 - Town of Haverstraw Urban Renewal Agency › 680-D*2 - Village of Victor Urban Renewal Agency.

* §  680-d.  Village of Victor urban renewal agency. A municipal urban
  renewal agency, to be known as  the  village  of  Victor  urban  renewal
  agency,  is  hereby  established for the accomplishment of any or all of
  the purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter
  and in accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state
  of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and shall
  be perpetual in duration and consist of five members, no more  than  two
  of  whom  may  be  members of the board of trustees to be appointed by a
  majority of the members of the board of trustees, who shall hold  office
  at  the  pleasure of the board of trustees. It shall have the powers and
  duties now or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of  this  chapter
  upon  municipal  renewal  agencies.  It shall be organized in the manner
  prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of article  fifteen-A  of
  this chapter and the agency, its members, officers and employees and its
  operations  and  activities  shall  in  all  respects be governed by the
  provisions of such article.
* NB There are 2 § 680-d's
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-C - Grievance Procedure for Municipal Employees › 681 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 681. Declaration of policy.  In order to establish a more harmonious
  and   cooperative   relationship   between  government  and  its  public
  employees, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of  this  article  to
  provide  by law for the settlement of certain differences between public
  employees and their employers through procedures under  which  employees
  may  present  grievances,  free  from coercion, interference, restraint,
  discrimination or reprisal. The provisions  of  this  article  shall  be
  liberally construed for the accomplishment of this purpose.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-C - Grievance Procedure for Municipal Employees › 682 - Definitions.

§  682.  Definitions.   As used herein, the following terms shall have
  the following meanings:
1. "Government" or "employer"  shall  mean  any  county,  city,  town,
  village,  school  district  or other political subdivision in this state
  having one hundred or more full-time employees, except the city  of  New
  York.
2.  "Public  employee"  or  "employee"  shall mean any person directly
  employed and compensated by a government, except persons employed in the
  legislative or judicial branch thereof.
3. "Supervisor" shall mean any person, regardless  of  title,  who  is
  assigned to exercise any level of supervisory responsibility over public
  employees.
4.  "Grievance" shall mean any claimed violation, misinterpretation or
  inequitable  application  of  the  existing  laws,  rules,   procedures,
  regulations,  administrative  orders  or work rules of a government or a
  department or agency thereof, which relate to or involve employee health
  or safety, physical facilities,  materials  or  equipment  furnished  to
  employees or supervision of employees; provided, however, that such term
  shall   not   include   any  matter  involving  an  employee's  rate  of
  compensation, retirement benefits, disciplinary proceeding or any matter
  which is otherwise reviewable pursuant to law or any rule or  regulation
  having the force and effect of law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-C - Grievance Procedure for Municipal Employees › 683 - Basic Standards and Principles.

§ 683. Basic standards and principles.  1. Every public employee shall
  have  the  right to present his grievances to his employer in accordance
  with the provisions of this article, free from  interference,  coercion,
  restraint,  discrimination  or  reprisal,  and  the  grievance procedure
  established under this article shall provide the right to be represented
  at all stages thereof.
2. It shall be a fundamental  responsibility  of  supervisors  at  all
  levels,  commensurate  with  the  authority  delegated  to them by their
  superiors,  promptly  to  consider  and  take  appropriate  action  upon
  grievances  presented  to  them by employees under their supervision. To
  such extent as is practicable, appropriate authority shall be  delegated
  to  such  supervisors  to  enable them to carry out the purposes of this
  article.
3. It shall be the responsibility of the head of  each  department  or
  agency  of  government  to  take  such steps as may be necessary to give
  effect to the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-C - Grievance Procedure for Municipal Employees › 683-A - Presentation of Grievance.

§ 683-a. Presentation of grievance.  Every public school teacher shall
  have  the  right  to present his grievance to his employer in accordance
  with the provisions of this article, free from  interference,  coercion,
  restraint,  discrimination  or  reprisal,  and  the  grievance procedure
  established under this article shall provide the right to be represented
  at all stages thereof and the representative shall be designated by  the
  public  school  teacher  at  the  time he presents his grievance or at a
  subsequent date.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 15-C - Grievance Procedure for Municipal Employees › 685 - Filing of Grievance Procedure.

§ 685. Filing of grievance procedure.  Each government shall file with
  the  clerk  thereof  and  with the state civil service commission, on or
  before November first, nineteen  hundred  sixty-three,  a  copy  of  the
  grievance  procedure  established  by  such  government;  all subsequent
  amendments or revisions thereof shall also be filed with the  clerk  and
  the  state  civil service commission within fifteen days after adoption.
  All procedures so filed shall be open to public inspection. Neither  the
  failure  of  the government to file a copy of the grievance procedure or
  any subsequent amendments nor the failure to do so timely  shall  affect
  the validity of such grievance procedure or any amendments thereto.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 693 - Area Designation.

§  693.  Area  designation.  An urban development action area shall by
  resolution be designated by the governing body,  or  by  the  commission
  where  so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own initiative
  or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent of
  such area is  an  eligible  area.  Any  such  designation  shall  be  in
  conformance  with the standards and procedures required for all land use
  determinations pursuant to general, special or  local  law  or  charter.
  Provided,  however,  that  if  a  proposed urban development action area
  project is to be developed on an eligible area and  consists  solely  of
  the  rehabilitation  or  conservation  of  existing  private or multiple
  dwellings or the construction of one to four unit  dwellings  or,  until
  June   thirtieth,   two  thousand  twenty-four,  for  up  to  six  urban
  development action area projects in any calendar year, the  construction
  of  up  to  ninety dwelling units financed by the federal government and
  restricted to occupancy by the elderly or by persons  with  disabilities
  without  any change in land use permitted by local zoning, the governing
  body, or the commission where so authorized  to  act  by  the  governing
  body, may waive the area designation requirement.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696 - Tax Incentives.

§  696.  Tax incentives. Upon the consent of the governing body of any
  municipality in which an urban development action area project is or  is
  to be located, the real property of a project may be exempted from local
  and  municipal  taxes, other than assessments for local improvements and
  land value, to the extent of all or part of the value of the improvement
  included in such project, for a period of twenty years  from  the  first
  date  on  which  taxes  otherwise would become due in the absence of the
  exemption, during the last ten years of which  the  exemption  shall  be
  decreased  in equal annual or biennial decrements according to a formula
  established by the governing body at the time it gives  its  consent  to
  the  tax exemption, pursuant to this section. If the project consists of
  new construction, the land value for purposes of determining  exemptions
  permitted  by this section shall be the lesser of the assessed valuation
  immediately prior  to  commencement  of  construction  or  the  assessed
  valuation of the land appearing on the assessment roll in the first year
  after  completion  of  construction.  Such  exemption  may  only be made
  available where the urban development action area project  includes  the
  construction  of  a  new  structure or the renovation, rehabilitation or
  conversion of an existing structure where the cost of  such  renovation,
  rehabilitation  or construction is at least equal to one hundred percent
  of the assessed value of such structure as determined in  the  tax  year
  immediately  preceding  the  governing  body's grant of tax exemption to
  such project. Any lease of real property and appurtenances thereto for a
  period  not  exceeding  twenty  years  shall  require  payments  to  the
  municipality  in  lieu  of  taxes.  Such  additional  payments  shall be
  required to be in equal annual or biennial escalating amounts  over  the
  life  of  any  lease  for  a  period not exceeding twenty years so as to
  ensure that payments in lieu of taxes made during the final year of such
  lease shall be equal to all local and municipal taxes. All  renewals  of
  any  lease  shall include provision for payment of rental and in lieu of
  tax payments greater than or equal to those required  during  the  final
  year of the original lease. Any lease of real property and appurtenances
  thereto  for  a  period  in  excess  of  twenty  years but not exceeding
  ninety-nine years shall require payments in lieu of taxes. Such payments
  shall commence in the tenth year of such lease  and  increase  in  equal
  annual  or  biennial  amounts  until  the  twentieth  year  so that such
  payments commencing in the twenty-first year and  continuing  until  the
  conclusion of the lease shall be equal to all local and municipal taxes.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696-B - Condemnation.

§  696-b.  Condemnation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
  any general, special or local law, a municipality shall be authorized to
  exercise its power of eminent domain  pursuant  to  the  eminent  domain
  procedure  law  for  the  purpose  of condemning any interest of a third
  party in real property which may continue subsequent to the  vesting  of
  title  of real property in the municipality pursuant to a foreclosure of
  a tax lien, whether or not title to such real property remains with  the
  municipality  at  the time of the commencement of any proceeding brought
  pursuant to such law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696-C - Site Preparation.

§  696-c.  Site  preparation.  A  municipality  shall be authorized to
  undertake  site  preparation  for  each  eligible  area  prior  to   its
  disposition.  Such site preparation may include, but need not be limited
  to, demolition, site clearance and the  curing  of  problems  caused  by
  abnormal site conditions.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696-D - Neighborhood Improvement Projects.

§ 696-d. Neighborhood improvement projects. 1. As used in this section
  the   term   "neighborhood   improvement   project"   shall   mean   any
  non-residential use permitted by local zoning.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general,  special  or  local
  law,  the agency in a city having a population of one million or more is
  hereby authorized to make or contract  to  make  mortgage  loans  or  to
  participate  with another lender in the making of mortgage loans for the
  development of any neighborhood improvement  project  that  such  agency
  determines  to  be  an  improvement  associated with the construction or
  rehabilitation of private or multiple dwellings. Real property  assisted
  with  a  loan pursuant to this section shall be located: (i) in an urban
  development action area; (ii)  in  proximity  to  an  urban  development
  action  area;  or (iii) in proximity to an urban development action area
  project for which the area designation requirement was  waived  pursuant
  to section six hundred ninety-three of this article.
3. Any loan made in accordance with this section shall be secured by a
  note  and  mortgage  upon  the property improved. Such note and mortgage
  shall specify the term and manner of repayment of  such  loan,  and  may
  authorize  the  owner,  with  the  consent of such agency, to prepay the
  principal of the loan subject to such terms and  conditions  as  therein
  provided.  Such  note  and  mortgage  may  contain  such other terms and
  conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this article as  such
  agency  may deem necessary or desirable to carrying out the purposes and
  provisions of this article, including, but not  limited  to:  provisions
  concerning the repayment of the loan, the interest, if any, thereon, and
  other charges in connection therewith.
4. After June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, authorization to make or
  contract to make loans or to participate in the making of loans pursuant
  to  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  subdivision  forty-one-d of
  paragraph a  of  section  11.00  of  the  local  finance  law  shall  be
  restricted  to  loans  made  only  within  targeted commercial corridors
  designated by the agency prior to June thirtieth, two thousand ten.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696-E - Charges.

§ 696-e. Charges. A municipality, or an agency, making a loan or grant
  pursuant to this article, may require the payment of charges by an owner
  in consideration for the financing, regulation, supervision and audit of
  such  loan, or for regulation, supervision and audit of such grant. Such
  charges shall be paid into the treasury of  the  municipality  requiring
  the  charges  and shall be paid and deposited in the general fund of any
  such municipality.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 696-F - Servicing.

§  696-f.  Servicing.  An agency may make provision in a note and loan
  agreement or by separate agreement for the performance of loan or  grant
  servicing functions, including, but not limited to, functions related to
  lending  or  providing  a  grant  for  construction, as may generally be
  performed by an institutional  lender.  Such  agency  may  act  in  such
  capacity  or  appoint  or  consent  to  the  appointment  of a financial
  institution or other qualified entity, as determined by such agency,  to
  act  in  such  capacity  on behalf of such agency. Such agency may pay a
  reasonable and customary fee to  such  financial  institution  or  other
  qualified  entity appointed by such agency, or to whose appointment such
  agency provided consent, for the  performance  of  such  loan  or  grant
  servicing functions.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 697 - Application of Article.

§ 697. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall be
  applicable  in  any  municipality wherein the local legislative body has
  adopted a resolution providing therefor, provided however, that  at  any
  time  subsequent  to  the  adoption  of  such  a  resolution  the  local
  legislative body may adopt  a  further  resolution  providing  that  the
  provisions  of  this  article  will  no  longer  be  applicable  in  the
  municipality and thereafter this article shall cease to be of  force  or
  effect  therein.  Upon  adoption  of  a  resolution  providing  for  the
  application of this article in any municipality by the local legislative
  body, a copy of such resolution shall be filed within thirty  days  with
  the commissioner of the state division of housing and community renewal.
  The   commissioner  shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  requiring
  subsequently  timely  notice  of  all  area  designations  and  approved
  projects  therein.  Rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner
  shall be limited exclusively  to  procedures,  content  and  format  for
  timely  notification.  The  commissioner  shall  thereupon report to the
  legislature annually, commencing on January one, nineteen hundred eighty
  concerning all municipal applications of the provisions of this article.
  For purposes of this section the term "local legislative  body"  in  any
  city  having a population of one million or more means a city council of
  any such city.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act › 698 - Severability.

§  698.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or
  part  of  this  act  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of   competent
  jurisdiction  to be invalid or unconstitutional, such 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 thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
  shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16-A - Long Island Workforce Housing Act › 699-A - Definitions.

§ 699-a. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  "Affordable  workforce  housing" means housing for individuals and
  families at or below one hundred thirty percent of the median income for
  the Nassau-Suffolk primary metropolitan statistical area as  defined  by
  the  federal  Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Development.  For the
  purposes of this article, the affordable workforce housing  units  shall
  be of consistent design to those of the rest of the development.
2.  "Density  bonus"  means a density increase of at least ten percent
  over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density or  floor  area
  ratio  if  part  of  a mixed-use development under the applicable zoning
  ordinance and comprehensive plan as of the date of  the  application  by
  the   applicant  to  the  local  government.  All  density  calculations
  resulting in fractional units shall be rounded up to the  nearest  whole
  number.  The  granting  of  a density bonus shall not require, in and of
  itself,  a  comprehensive  plan  amendment,  zoning  change   or   other
  discretionary local approval. The density bonus shall not be included as
  part  of the calculation which determines the number of affordable units
  that constitute ten percent of the total.
3. "Local government", for the purposes of  this  article,  means  any
  village,  city  or  town  within  the county of Nassau or Suffolk acting
  pursuant to the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 16-A - Long Island Workforce Housing Act › 699-C - Mortgage Counseling for the Long Island Workforce Housing Program.

§  699-c.  Mortgage  counseling  for the Long Island workforce housing
  program.  Persons  purchasing  affordable  workforce   housing   created
  pursuant to this article, or who receive downpayment assistance pursuant
  to this article, must attend homebuyer education and mortgage counseling
  provided free of charge through the Long Island Housing Partnership.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 701 - Definitions.

§ 701. Definitions.  As used in this article the following terms shall
  mean or include:
1.  "Annexation."  An  alteration of the boundaries of a county, city,
  town or village which has the effect of adding  territory  to  it.  Such
  term  shall  not  include the creation or dissolution of a county, city,
  town or village, or the consolidation of two or more  counties,  two  or
  more cities, two or more towns or two or more villages, respectively, or
  the  diminution  of the area of a village pursuant to section 18-1804 of
  the village law.
2. "Governing board." The board of  supervisors,  board  of  aldermen,
  common  council,  council,  commission, town board, board of trustees or
  other elective board or body of a  local  government  now  or  hereafter
  vested  by  state  statute,  charter  or  other law with jurisdiction to
  initiate and enact  ordinances  or  local  laws,  whether  or  not  such
  ordinances  or  local laws require the approval of any other official or
  body to become effective.
3. "Local government." A city, a town, a  village,  or  a  county  not
  wholly  included  within  a city where a boundary of the county would be
  affected by a proposed annexation of territory.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 702 - Legislative Intent.

§  702. Legislative intent.  It is the intention of the legislature by
  the enactment of this article to  provide  a  municipal  annexation  law
  pursuant  to  the provisions of the bill of rights for local governments
  in subdivision (d) of section one of article nine of  the  constitution,
  which  provisions  specify  basic  prerequisites  to  the  annexation of
  territory from one local government to another including (1) the consent
  of the people, if any, of a territory proposed to be annexed and (2) the
  consent of the governing board of each local  government,  the  area  of
  which  is  affected,  upon  the  basis  of  its  determination  that the
  annexation is in the over-all  public  interest,  and  which  provisions
  require  the  legislature  to provide, where such consent of a governing
  board is not granted, for adjudication and determination, on the law and
  the facts, in a proceeding initiated in the supreme court, of the  issue
  of whether the annexation is in the over-all public interest.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 703 - Petition by Residents or Property Owners to Initiate Annexation of Territory.

§ 703. Petition by residents or property owners to initiate annexation
  of  territory.  1.  Territory in one or more local governments adjoining
  one or more other  local  governments  may  be  annexed  to  the  latter
  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  article.    A petition for such
  annexation, describing the territory, stating the approximate number  of
  inhabitants thereof, and signed (1) by at least twenty per centum of the
  persons  residing therein, if any, qualified to vote for officers of the
  city or town in which such territory is situated or, if  such  territory
  is  situated  in  a village, for officers of such village, or (2) by the
  owners of a majority in assessed valuation of the real property in  such
  territory  assessed  upon  the  last  preceding  assessment  roll of, or
  utilized by,  the  local  government  or  governments  in  which  it  is
  situated,  may  be  presented  to  the  governing board or boards of the
  affected local government or governments  in  which  such  territory  is
  situated  and  a certified copy or copies thereof to the governing board
  or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed
  to annex such territory.
2. The petition must also be authenticated as to  all  the  signatures
  upon  each  separate  sheet  by appending at the bottom of such sheet an
  affidavit of a witness as to the subscription thereof, substantially  as
  follows:
 
  State of New York       )
)  ss.:
  County of               )
 
  ..........  (name  of  witness)  being  duly  sworn,  says:  I reside at
  .......... in the .......... of .......... (fill in  residence)  in  the
  state of New York; I know each of the persons whose names are subscribed
  to the above sheet having ............. (fill in number) signatures; and
  each of them subscribed the same in my presence.
............................
(Signature of witness.)
 
   Sworn to before me this ....
   day of ............ , 19....
   ............................
   (Official title of officer)
3.  If  the petition is signed by the owners of a majority in assessed
  valuation of the real property in such territory assessed upon the  last
  preceding  assessment  roll  of, or utilized by, the local government or
  governments in which the territory is situated, there must  be  attached
  to  the  petition  a  certificate  of  an  assessor  responsible for the
  preparation of such assessment roll certifying to such facts. If  signed
  by  at  least  twenty  per centum of the qualified resident electors, as
  defined in subdivision one of this section, there must  be  attached  to
  the  petition  a  certificate  of  the  board of elections of the county
  containing such territory, certifying to such facts.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 703-A - Resolution by Governing Boards of Municipalities to Initiate Annexation of Territory.

§  703-a. Resolution by governing boards of municipalities to initiate
  annexation of territory. Except for territory  proposed  to  be  annexed
  which  is entirely uninhabited or territory in an agricultural district,
  or outside of such district but eligible for an agricultural assessment,
  pursuant to article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and  markets  law,
  the  governing  boards of two or more municipalities which have mutually
  agreed to study the annexation of territory, may, by  joint  resolution,
  propose  the annexation of such territory, pursuant to the provisions of
  this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 707 - Disposition of Property in Area Proposed to Be Annexed.

§  707.  Disposition  of  property  in area proposed to be annexed. 1.
  Except as may be provided in  an  agreement  among  the  affected  local
  governments, as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning
  the  retention,  division,  regulation, land use or other disposition of
  real and personal property and rights in real and personal  property  of
  any   affected  local  government  or  governments  or  any  special  or
  improvement district in the territory proposed to be annexed,  all  real
  or   personal  property  and  rights  in  real  and  personal  property,
  including, but not  limited  to,  land  use,  streets,  avenues,  roads,
  highways,  bridges, overpasses, underpasses, culverts, sidewalks, street
  lighting fixtures, and conduits, pipes, drains, either  above  or  below
  the ground surface, and appurtenances and appurtenant rights in relation
  thereto,  owned  by any of such local governments (other than the one to
  which such territory is  annexed)  shall  become  the  property  of  the
  county,  city, village, or town (where the territory is not annexed to a
  village or villages in the town), to which such territory is annexed  as
  of  the  date  of  such  annexation,  but  the ownership of any real and
  personal property or  rights  in  real  and  personal  property  of,  or
  acquired  for,  special or improvement districts in such territory shall
  remain unaffected.
2. At any time prior to their determinations as  provided  by  section
  seven  hundred  eleven  of  this  article,  the  governing boards of the
  affected local governments, or their designated  representatives,  shall
  have  power to agree on the retention, division, regulation, land use or
  other disposition, either with or  without  consideration,  of  real  or
  personal  property  and  rights in real or personal property of any such
  affected local government or of any special or improvement districts  in
  which  the  territory  proposed  to  be  annexed  is  situated. Any such
  agreement shall be in writing and shall be executed  by  such  governing
  boards, or their designated representatives, covering the matters agreed
  upon.  Such  agreement  may  provide  for  the execution of any deeds or
  instruments affecting the retention, division, regulation, land  use  or
  other   disposition   of   such   property,   either   with  or  without
  consideration. Any such agreement shall be followed in the local law  to
  be adopted pursuant to section seven hundred fourteen of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 710 - Disposition of Taxes and Other Charges Against Property in Annexed Territory.

§  710.  Disposition  of  taxes  and other charges against property in
  annexed territory. 1. All unpaid or delinquent taxes levied  or  charges
  made  against  or  on  account of any territory annexed pursuant to this
  article and existing at the time such annexation takes effect, shall  be
  due  and  payable  and  collected  in  all  respects the same as if such
  territory had not been annexed.
2. Any other taxes levied or other charges made against or on  account
  of any territory annexed pursuant to this article for the fiscal year in
  which an annexation shall take effect shall be apportioned. The affected
  local  governments  may  agree  to any fair and equitable basis on which
  such  apportionment  shall  be  computed,  and  such  agreement  may  be
  incorporated  into  the  agreement, if any, executed pursuant to section
  seven hundred seven or seven hundred eight of this article.
3. Any taxes levied or other charges made against or on account of any
  territory annexed pursuant to this article for a fiscal year  commencing
  after  the date such annexation takes effect shall be due and payable to
  and collected by the annexing local government.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 713 - Election in Event of Approval.

§  713.  Election  in event of approval. 1. Not later than ninety days
  after the entry of a final judgment of a court  or  the  filing  in  the
  offices of the clerks of the affected local governments of orders of the
  governing boards of such affected local governments approving a proposed
  annexation,  the governing board of each city, town and village in which
  such territory is situated shall call a special election to be conducted
  in the manner hereinafter provided to  determine  whether  the  proposed
  annexation  should  be  approved,  provided, however, that the governing
  board of a town shall call such election only with respect to  territory
  outside  any  village  situated  therein.  All  persons residing in such
  territory proposed to be annexed, or residing outside of  the  territory
  proposed  to be annexed but residing on a parcel of land where a portion
  of such parcel is within such territory  proposed  to  be  annexed,  and
  qualified to vote for officers of the city, town or village, as the case
  may  be,  in which such territory is situated shall be entitled to vote.
  The proposition to be  voted  upon  shall  state  "Shall  the  territory
  generally  described  below  be annexed to the .......... (name of local
  government or governments)?" Below such question the territory  proposed
  to  be  annexed shall be briefly described. Except as otherwise provided
  herein, such election shall be conducted in the manner provided  by  law
  for  the  conduct  of special elections in the city, town or village, as
  the case may be, in which such territory is situated.
2. If such proposition is approved by  a  majority  of  the  qualified
  persons  voting thereon, the petition or joint resolution, together with
  a certificate of election which shall set forth or have annexed  thereto
  a  description of the territory to be annexed, shall, within twenty days
  after such election be filed by the governing board  or  boards  of  the
  city, town or village, as the case may be, in the office of the clerk of
  such  local  government or governments and in the office of the clerk or
  clerks of the local government or governments to which such territory is
  to be annexed.
3. If such proposition is not approved  the  certificate  of  election
  setting  forth the results of such election shall, within ten days after
  such election, be filed by such governing board or boards in the  office
  of  the  clerk or clerks of the local government or governments to which
  such territory was proposed to be annexed.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 714 - Annexation After Election Approving Proposition.

§  714.  Annexation after election approving proposition.  1. Upon the
  filing of the certificate or  certificates  of  election  approving  the
  proposition  together  with the notice of entry of a final judgment of a
  court or of the approving orders of the governing boards of the affected
  local governments, the governing board or boards of the local government
  or governments to which such territory is to be annexed shall  forthwith
  by  local  law,  and  without  any  hearing thereon, annex to such local
  government the territory described in the petition. In  the  case  of  a
  municipality  consisting  of  wards,  councilmanic  districts  or  other
  subdivisions from which representation on any elective board or body  is
  selected,  such  local  law  shall  designate  the  wards,  councilmanic
  districts or other such  subdivisions  within  which  the  territory  so
  annexed  shall  be  included,  which  local law shall be adopted without
  referendum notwithstanding any inconsistent general,  special  or  local
  law.
2.  A  local  law annexing territory to a local government pursuant to
  this section shall specify the  date  on  which  such  annexation  shall
  become  effective,  giving due regard to the taxable status dates of all
  the local governments to which and  from  which  such  territory  is  so
  annexed  and  to  the  fiscal  years of such local governments for which
  taxes, special ad valorem levies or  special  assessments  are  imposed.
  Such  date shall be no earlier than the date of filing such local law in
  the office of the secretary of state.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 717 - Boundaries and Map of Local Government to Which Territory Is Annexed.

§  717.  Boundaries  and map of local government to which territory is
  annexed.  1. Within a reasonable time after an  annexation  pursuant  to
  this  article,  the  governing  board  of  a  local  government to which
  territory has been so annexed shall cause (a) a survey to be made of the
  annexed territory, (b) the boundaries of the  same  to  be  marked  with
  monuments,  and  (c) a map to be made of such local government including
  the annexed territory. In  cooperation  with  the  local  government  or
  governments   in  which  such  territory  was  situated  prior  to  such
  annexation, it shall also cause a partial map to be made of  such  local
  government  or  governments,  which  map shall be sufficient to show the
  exclusion of such territory from such local government  or  governments.
  Copies  of  such  maps  shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the
  local government, in the office of the clerk of each county in which the
  affected local governments  are  situated  and  in  the  office  of  the
  secretary of state.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 718 - Construction.

§ 718. Construction. 1. References in other laws, etc. With respect to
  annexation  proceedings  commenced  on  or after January first, nineteen
  hundred sixty-four, reference in any  general,  special  or  local  law,
  county, city or village charter, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation
  or  document to any provision of the general city law, village law, town
  law, county law, or other law repealed by this chapter, in force at  the
  time  this  chapter  shall take effect, shall be deemed and construed to
  refer to the corresponding provision  of  this  article  to  the  extent
  consistent with the provisions of this article.
2.  Pending  actions and proceedings.  No action or proceeding pending
  at the time when this chapter shall take effect shall be affected by any
  provision of this chapter, but the same may be prosecuted,  defended  or
  enforced as if this chapter had not been enacted.
3.  Existing  rights  and  remedies  preserved.   No existing right or
  remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of
  this article, nor shall the validity of any action taken by  any  public
  official  under  the  law  in  force  immediately prior to the time this
  article shall take effect be affected by the enactment of this article.
4. Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or  part
  of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
  to  be invalid, such 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 thereof directly  involved  in  the
  controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
5.  Article  controlling.    The  provisions  of this article shall be
  controlling notwithstanding any inconsistent act of the  legislature  to
  the contrary.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law › 719 - Schedule of Laws Repealed.

§  719.    Schedule  of laws repealed.   Of the laws enumerated in the
  schedule hereto annexed and subject to the provisions of  this  article,
  that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED
 
  Laws of   Chapter             Section
  1909 .....   64                  348
  1912 .....  124                  All
  1915 .....  257                  All
  1927 .....   49                  All
  1927 .....  650                  3,  part amending Village Law § 56
re part re extension of village
boundaries
  1927 .....  650                  44, part amending Village Law § 348
  1928 .....  334                  All
  1931 .....  368                  All, part re extension of village
boundaries
  1932 .....  209                  All
  1933 .....  404                  All
  1934 .....  135                  All, part re extension of village
boundaries
  1934 .....  265                  All
  1935 .....  521                  1,   part re extension of village
boundaries
  1937 .....  476                  All
  1937 .....  631                  All
  1943 .....  710                  part 1, § 2700, part re extension
of village boundaries
  1948 .....  692                  All
  1950 .....  691                  229, part re alteration of town boundaries
  1950 .....  778                  All, part re alteration of town boundaries
  1951 .....  658                  All
  1953 .....  466                  All
  1954 .....  351                  All
  1958 .....  489                  2,   part re extension of village
boundaries
  1961 .....  919                  All
  1962 .....  974                  All
  1962 ..... 1009                  4
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 751 - Commencing the Proceeding.

§  751.  Commencing  the  proceeding.  1. Two or more local government
entities, whether within the same county or different counties,  may  be
consolidated  into a single local government entity if each of the local
government  entities  is  contiguous  to  at  least  one  of  the  other
consolidating  local  government  entities  and  if  together  the local
government entities would form a consolidated local government entity of
a kind or class that is authorized under the laws of the  state  of  New
York.  The  requirement  that local government entities be contiguous to
consolidate does not apply to entities other than towns and villages.
2. Consolidation proceedings may be commenced by either:
(a) a joint resolution by the governing body or bodies  of  the  local
government  entities  to  be  consolidated  endorsing  a  proposed joint
consolidation agreement; or
(b) elector initiative.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 752 - Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.

§  752.  Proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body
or bodies of two  or  more  local  government  entities  may,  by  joint
resolution,  endorse  a  proposed  joint consolidation agreement for the
purpose of commencing consolidation proceedings under this article.
2. The proposed joint consolidation agreement shall specify:
(a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;
(b) the name of the proposed  consolidated  local  government  entity,
which name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other
like unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any
one of the entities to be consolidated);
(c)  the  rights,  duties and obligations of the proposed consolidated
local government entity;
(d) the territorial boundaries  of  the  proposed  consolidated  local
government entity;
(e)   the  type  and/or  class  of  the  proposed  consolidated  local
government entity;
(f) the governmental organization of the proposed  consolidated  local
government entity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials
and  public  employees,  along with a transitional plan and schedule for
elections and appointments of officials;
(g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized
from consolidation;
(h) each entity's assets, including, but  not  limited  to,  real  and
personal  property,  and  the fair value thereof in current money of the
United States;
(i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and  otherwise,
and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;
(j)  terms  for  the  disposition  of existing assets, liabilities and
indebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately
or in certain defined proportions;
(k) terms for the common administration  and  uniform  enforcement  of
local  laws,  ordinances,  resolutions,  orders and the like, within the
proposed consolidated local government entity, consistent  with  section
seven hundred sixty-nine of this title;
(l) the effective date of the proposed consolidation; and
(m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on
such  proposed  joint  consolidation agreement pursuant to section seven
hundred fifty-four of this title.