N.Y. Village Law § 17-1716: Lamp or street lighting districts

§ 17-1716 Lamp or street lighting districts. In every such village any

lamp or street lighting districts created or organized under the

provisions of the town law, shall continue and the board of trustees

shall be and they are hereby vested with the full management and control

of such districts, and the lighting system thereof, and the assessment

of the cost and expenses of such lighting, which lighting district shall

until discontinued in the manner hereinafter provided, be managed,

controlled and operated and may be extended or enlarged, by said board

of trustees, in the manner provided in the town law; provided, however,

that the board of trustees of such village may, in its discretion, by

resolution, discontinue any such lighting district, in which case the

provisions of the village law in relation to street lighting shall apply

to any such village.