§ 2-200 Population and area requirements. 1. A territory containing a population of at least 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 […]
§ 2-202 Petition for incorporation. 1. A proceeding for the incorporation of such territory as a village shall commence with a petition. The requirements for such petition are as follows: a. Petitioners. Either one or both of the following two groups of persons may petition for such incorporation: (1) At least twenty per cent of […]
§ 2-204 Notice of hearing. Within twenty days after the filing of such petition or copies thereof, each supervisor with whom same were filed shall cause to be posted in five public places in that part of such territory located in his town and also to be published at least twice in the newspaper or […]
§ 2-206 Proceeding on hearing. 1. The supervisor, or supervisors if a joint hearing, with whom the petition or copies thereof, were filed, shall meet at the time and place specified in such notice and shall hear objections which may be presented as to the legal sufficiency of the petition for incorporation based upon any […]
§ 2-208 Decision as to legal sufficiency of petition. 1. Within ten days after such hearing is concluded the supervisor or supervisors jointly shall determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of this article and jointly shall make and sign a decision accordingly. If such supervisors cannot agree, the decision shall be deemed to […]
§ 2-210 Review of decision. 1. The decision of the supervisor or supervisors as to the legal sufficiency of the petition shall be subject to judicial review in the manner provided in article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules. Such proceeding may be brought on the ground or grounds that said decision is […]
§ 2-212 Right to election. 1. An election to determine the question of incorporation shall be held no later than forty 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 sustaining the legal sufficiency of the petition […]
§ 2-214 Notice of election. Within ten days after the right to an election is complete the town clerk of each town in which any portion of such territory is located shall cause to be posted in five public places in that part of such territory located in such town and also to be published […]
§ 2-216 Qualification of voters. Each resident in such territory qualified to vote for town officers may vote at such election.
§ 2-218 Registration list of voters. 1. Preparation. It shall be the duty of the clerk of each town in which a portion of such teritory is located to make and file in his office, at least ten days before such election an accurate list of voters, alphabetically arranged, who are qualified to vote at […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
