N.Y. Const. art. XIII, § 3: Vacancies in office; how filled

§ 3. The legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office,

and in case of elective officers, no person appointed to fill a vacancy

shall hold his or her office by virtue of such appointment longer than

the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual

election after the happening of the vacancy; provided, however, that

nothing contained in this article shall prohibit the filling of

vacancies on boards of education, including boards of education of

community districts in the city school district of the city of New York,

by appointment until the next regular school district election, whether

or not such appointment shall extend beyond the thirty-first day of

December in any year.