N.Y. CNT Law § 102

§ 102. Procedure on mandatory and permissive referendum. 1. The\nresolution shall recite the form of the proposition, which shall contain\na brief statement of the text of the resolution together with its\nnumber. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall transmit such\nproposition forthwith to the board of elections of the county. A\nsufficient number of copies of such proposition and abstract shall be\nprinted and made available to the electors at the time of registration\nor otherwise in advance of the election, and in addition, a sufficient\nnumber of copies shall be delivered with the other election supplies,\nand distributed to the electors at the election. If there be more than\none such proposition to be voted upon at such election, each proposition\nshall be separately and consecutively numbered.\n 2. The board of elections shall cause any such proposition to be\nsubmitted to the qualified electors of the county in the manner provided\nin the election law. The method and manner of submission, preparation\nand provision of ballots and ballot labels, use of voting machines,\nqualification of voters, correcting registers, and conducting the\nelection, canvassing the result and making and filing the returns, and\nall other procedure with reference to the submission of any such\nproposition, shall be the same as in the case of any other proposition\nto be submitted to the electors of a county at a general or special\nelection as provided by law. If a majority of the votes cast on any\nsuch proposition shall be in the affirmative, the resolution shall be\napproved.\n