N.Y. General Municipal Law § 477: Local option

§ 477. Local option. Subject to the provisions of this article, and

pursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine

of article one of the constitution of the state, the legislature hereby

gives and grants to every municipality the right, power and authority to

authorize the conduct of bingo games by authorized organizations within

the territorial limits of such municipality provided, however, that

where the electors of a village shall hereafter approve a local law or

ordinance pursuant to section four hundred seventy-eight of this

article, the right, power and authority under this article of any town

in which such village is located shall not extend to such village during

such time as such village local law or ordinance is in effect.