N.Y. ACG Law § 154

§ 154. Removal of county executive. 1. A county president may be\nremoved in the manner provided in sections thirty-three, thirty-four and\nthirty-five of the public officers law.\n 2. A county manager may be removed by majority vote of the whole\nnumber of the members of the board of supervisors for any reason deemed\nby the board to be sufficient.\n 3. An appointive county executive, other than a county manager, may be\nremoved by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of the members of the\nboard of supervisors for any of the following reasons:\n (a) because at the time of his appointment he was ineligible or has\nsince become ineligible to hold such office; or\n (b) for malfeasance or nonfeasance in office; or\n (c) upon conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral\nturpitude; or\n (d) for failure to perform the duties of his office in an honorable,\ncompetent and reasonably efficient manner; or\n (e) if he becomes morally, physically or mentally unfit to act in\nbehalf of the county.\n 4. Before an appointive county executive can be removed, he must be\ngiven ten days' written notice of the proposed action, and if he so\ndemands, must within ten days after such demand, and at least ten days\nbefore the board of supervisors votes to remove him, be furnished with a\nwritten statement of the charges against him or the reasons for his\nremoval in order that he may reply thereto. If he so demands within five\ndays after receiving such statement or at any time prior thereto, he\nshall also have the right to a hearing on such charges or reasons\narranged with at least five days' public notice at a public meeting of\nthe board of supervisors held within fifteen days of such demand and the\nboard of supervisors shall not vote on the question of his removal until\nat least ten days after such hearing. Pending removal, the board of\nsupervisors may suspend him from office, except that the period of\nsuspension shall not exceed fifty days. The action of the board of\nsupervisors in suspending or removing a county manager shall not be\nsubject to review. Such action in suspending or removing a county\nexecutive other than a county manager shall be subject to review under\narticle seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n