N.Y. County Law § 2: Application of chapter

§ 2. Application of chapter. This chapter shall apply to all counties,

except that:

(a) It shall not apply to a county wholly contained within a city,

unless specifically so provided;

(b) The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are in conflict

with or in limitation of a provision of any alternative form of county

government heretofore or hereafter adopted by a county pursuant to

section two of article nine of the constitution, or any administrative

code, county government law or civil divisions act enacted by the

legislature and applicable to such county as now in force or hereafter

amended, or in conflict with any local law heretofore or hereafter

adopted by a county under an optional or alternative form of county

government, shall not be applicable to the county, unless a contrary

intent is expressly stated in this chapter.