N.Y. General City Law § 41: Term of office; vacancies

§ 41. Term of office; vacancies. The term of office of each member of

such board shall be three years, from the first day of January following

his appointment. Vacancies occurring by expiration of a term shall be

filled by the mayor for a full term. Vacancies by death, removal,

inability to act, resignation or removal from the city of any member

shall be filled by him for the unexpired term. The chief inspector of

plumbing and drainage and the engineer in charge of sewers or the

officers holding equivalent positions or acting in like capacities

designated or appointed by the mayor as herein provided, shall be ex

officio members of such examining board, and when they shall cease to

hold their offices by reason or on account of which they were so

designated or appointed, their successors shall act on the examining

board in their stead.