N.Y. Public Officers Law § 37: Notice of existence of vacancy

§ 37. Notice of existence of vacancy. When a judgment shall be

rendered by any court convicting an officer of a felony, or of a crime

involving a violation of his oath of office, or declaring the election

or appointment of any officer to be void, or that the office of any

officer has been forfeited or become vacant, the clerk of such court

shall give notice thereof to the governor, stating the cause of such

conviction or judgment.

Whenever a public officer shall die before the expiration of his term

of office, or shall cease to be a resident of the political subdivision

of the state or a municipal corporation in which he is required to be a

resident as a condition of continuing in the office, the county clerk of

the county in which such officer shall have resided immediately prior to

such death or removal, shall immediately give notice of such death or

removal to the governor. If the governor is not authorized to fill any

vacancy of which he shall have notice, he shall forthwith give notice of

the existence of such vacancy to the officer or officers, or to the body

or board of officers authorized to fill the vacancy, or if such vacancy

may be filled by an election, to the officers authorized to give notice

of such election.