N.Y. General Municipal Law § 701: Definitions

§ 701. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall

mean or include:

1. "Annexation." An alteration of the boundaries of a county, city,

town or village which has the effect of adding territory to it. Such

term shall not include the creation or dissolution of a county, city,

town or village, or the consolidation of two or more counties, two or

more cities, two or more towns or two or more villages, respectively, or

the diminution of the area of a village pursuant to section 18-1804 of

the village law.

2. "Governing board." The board of supervisors, board of aldermen,

common council, council, commission, town board, board of trustees or

other elective board or body of a local government now or hereafter

vested by state statute, charter or other law with jurisdiction to

initiate and enact ordinances or local laws, whether or not such

ordinances or local laws require the approval of any other official or

body to become effective.

3. "Local government." A city, a town, a village, or a county not

wholly included within a city where a boundary of the county would be

affected by a proposed annexation of territory.