N.Y. Village Law § 3-301: Village officers

§ 3-301 Village officers. 1. Every village shall have the following

officers:

a. a mayor;

b. four trustees, except that the board of trustees of a village may

change the number of trustees as authorized by section 3-304 of this

article;

c. a treasurer;

d. a clerk.

2. Any village may have the following officers:

a. except as provided in section 3-303 of this article, no more than

two village justices, but in the event a village has one justice, it

shall also have an associate justice who shall serve when requested by

the village justice or in the absence or inability of the village

justice to serve. The office of village justice is continued in every

village in which it is now established. The board of trustees of any

other village may establish such office by resolution or local law,

subject to a permissive referendum. The board of trustees of any village

by resolution or local law, subject to permissive referendum, may

abolish such office, but to take effect only upon the expiration of the

then current term of such office, or establish the office of additional

village justices, which justice once elected shall have all the powers

and duties of a village justice. The resolution or local law in the

latter case shall provide for a term pursuant to section 3-302 of this

article. The clerk of the court of a village shall be discharged from

employment only upon the advice and consent of the village justice or

justices when the clerk, in his or her village duties, works solely for

the village justice or justices.

b. assessor or assessors, provided, however, that the board of

trustees by resolution or local law may consolidate the offices of

clerk, treasurer, and assessor or any two of such offices. The board of

trustees may also determine, by local law or resolution, that such board

of trustees shall act as the board of assessors or may appoint such

board from their members. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of

this paragraph, a village which has enacted a local law as provided in

subdivision three of section fourteen hundred two of the real property

tax law shall not have an assessor or assessors in any year in which

such local law is in effect.

c. such other officers, including deputies, as the board of trustees

shall determine, provided, however, that the board of trustees by

resolution or local law may consolidate the offices of deputy clerk, and

deputy treasurer.

3. The mayor, trustees and village justices shall be elective

officers. All other officers shall be appointed by the mayor, subject

to the approval of the board of trustees.

4. The mayor and the trustees of a village shall constitute the board

of trustees thereof.

5. A person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of

this state or who has been convicted in federal court or in another

state for a crime or offense that would constitute a felony under the

laws of this state shall be permanently ineligible to be a candidate for

village justice or to be appointed or continue to hold such office.