N.Y. Transportation Law § 45: Vacancies and removals

§ 45. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other then by reason

of the expiration of the term of a member of the Utica transit authority

shall be filled for the unexpired term. The governing body of the

municipality or when two or more municipalities are acting jointly, the

governing bodies thereof jointly may remove a member of the Utica

transit authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in

office but only after the member shall have been given a copy of the

charges against him and an opportunity to be heard in person or by

counsel in his own defense at a public hearing. In the event of removal,

the governing body of such municipality or the governing bodies of such

municipalities, as the case may be, shall file with the commissioner a

record of the proceedings together with a copy of the charges made

against the members and its findings thereon, pending the determination

of charges against a member, the governing body of such municipality or

the governing bodies of such municipalities, as the case may be, may

suspend him from office.