N.Y. CNT Law § 280-E

§ 280-e. Public hearing. When the agency has caused such maps and\nplans to be prepared, it shall transmit them to the governing body,\ntogether with a report of its proceedings and its recommendations,\nincluding a recommendation as to what officer, board or body should be\nthe administrative head or body of the proposed district. Such report\nmay further include the recommendations relating to the establishment of\ntwo or more zones of assessment within the proposed district and the\nestimated initial allocation of the cost of the construction of the\nfacilities as between such zones to be assessed, levied and collected in\neach zone in the same manner and at the same time as other county\ncharges. Upon receipt of the report and the maps and plans, the\ngoverning body shall call a public hearing upon a proposal to establish\na county district, to comprise the area or areas described and defined\nin said maps and plans. The clerk of the governing body shall cause a\nnotice of the public hearing to be published at least once in the\nofficial newspapers of the county and in such other newspapers having a\ngeneral circulation in the proposed district as the governing body may\ndirect, the first publications thereof to be not less than ten or more\nthan twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing. The notice\nof hearing shall contain a description of the area or areas to be\nincluded within the proposed district, and if the report shall have\nrecommended the establishment of zones of assessment, a description of\nthe area or areas to be included within each zone of assessment, the\nimprovements proposed, the maximum amount to be expended for the\nimprovement, the allocation of such maximum amount as between the zones\nof assessment recommended, if any, the proposed method of assessment of\nthe cost and shall specify the time when and place where the governing\nbody will meet to consider the matter and to hear all parties interested\ntherein concerning the same. In the event that zones of assessment are\nprovided for and an allocation of cost of the facilities between such\nzones of assessment, said notice shall further state that said zones of\nassessment and said allocations of cost may be changed from time to time\nby resolution of the governing body adopted after a public hearing\nwhenever said governing body shall determine that such changes are\nnecessary in the public interest.\n