N.Y. General Municipal Law § 766: Election and appointment of officials

§ 766. Election and appointment of officials. New officials of the

consolidated local government entity required to be elected shall take

office on the first Monday of January following the election designated

in the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidation

plan, as the case may be. At such election, the necessary officials of

the consolidated local government entity shall be elected in accordance

with the terms of the general law affecting entities of the kind or

class of the consolidated local government entity. Except as otherwise

specified in the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated

consolidation plan, all appointive officials of the consolidated local

government entity thereafter shall be appointed by the individual or

entity upon whom the power to appoint such officials is conferred by the

terms of the general law affecting entities of the kind or class of the

consolidated local government entity. Successors in office for such

elected or appointed positions shall thereafter be elected or appointed

at the time, in the manner and for the terms provided by the general law

affecting entities of the kind or class of the consolidated local

government entity.