N.Y. General Municipal Law § 120-d: Officers of meeting

§ 120-d. Officers of meeting. In order to facilitate business

procedure, the local authorities of the several municipalities or

districts meeting jointly for the purposes herein provided shall, at a

meeting at which all the municipalities and districts intending to act

jointly are represented, choose from among their number a chairman, who

shall act as such until his successor is chosen in a similar manner.

Such meeting, when organized, shall elect a secretary who may or may not

be a member of one of the local boards meeting jointly.