N.Y. Village Law § 2-214: Notice of election

§ 2-214 Notice of election. No later than three days after the right

to an election is complete, the commission shall direct the town clerk

of each town in which any portion of such territory is located to post

in six public places in that part of such territory located in such town

and also to be published at least twice in the newspaper or newspapers

designated pursuant to subdivision eleven of section sixty-four of the

town law, a joint notice by the clerks of all such towns that at a

convenient place in such territory, between the hours of twelve o'clock

noon and nine o'clock in the evening and on a day not less than twenty

nor more than thirty days after the date of the posting and first

publication, which date and place shall be specified therein, an

election will be held to determine whether the proposed village of

(naming it) shall be incorporated. No later than five days after

receiving direction from the commission, the town clerk or clerks shall

provide to the commission a list of the six locations where such notices

are to be posted. Should the commission object to any such locations

submitted by the town clerk or clerks, the commission shall, no later

than seven business days after receipt of such list of locations, direct

the town clerk or clerks to post such notices in alternative locations

designated by the commission. In such instance, the postings of such

notices shall be made by the town clerk or clerks no later than twenty

days after the right to an election is complete. Such election shall not

be held on a day of a town election or of a general election in a town

in which any part of such territory is located. For the purposes of this

section, in the event that the town maintains a website, one of the

posting requirements required by this section may be fulfilled by

posting such information on the town's website. Such posting shall also

be made on the secretary of state's website.