N.Y. General City Law § 43: Qualifications

§ 43. Qualifications. All members of such board shall be citizens and

actual residents of the cities in which they are appointed, except in

the city of Niagara Falls where such members shall be citizens and

actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, the city of

Middletown where such members shall either be citizens and actual

residents of the county wherein the city is situated or anywhere within

a twenty-five mile radius of such city within this state, and except in

the city of Corning where such members shall be citizens and actual

residents of the county wherein the city is situated or in an abutting

or adjacent county, and except in the city of Rochester where such

members shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the

city is situated, and except in the city of Watertown where such members

shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated. Provided however, in any city with a population of less than

twenty-five thousand, or in any city which has less than four master

plumbers, such members may be residents of the county or counties

wherein the city is situated.