N.Y. Civil Service Law § 19: Election by certain villages, school districts, special districts and public agencies located in two or more counties

§ 19. Election by certain villages, school districts, special

districts and public agencies located in two or more counties. The

administration of this chapter in a village, school district or special

district incorporated or established on or after the effective date of

this act and comprising territory in two or more counties, or in a

public agency established on or after the effective date of this

amendment and maintained jointly by two or more counties or two or more

municipal corporations or other civil divisions, including school

districts, situated in different counties, shall be under the

jurisdiction of the civil service commission or personnel officer having

jurisdiction over the classified service of one of such counties

selected by action of the governing board or body of such village,

school district or special district, or the appointing authority of such

public agency. In the event that such board or body of such a newly

incorporated village or newly established school district or special

district or the appointing authority of such newly established public

agency fails to make such selection within ninety days after the

effective date of such incorporation or establishment, such village,

school district, special district or public agency shall be subject to

the jurisdiction of the civil service commission or personnel officer

having jurisdiction over the classified service of the county in which

the greater or greatest territorial area of such village, school

district, special district or public agency is located.