N.Y. CNT Law § 670

§ 670. Application of article. 1. The provisions of this article\ninsofar as they are (a) in conflict with or in limitation of a provision\nof any alternative form of county government heretofore or hereafter\nadopted by a county pursuant to section one of article nine of the\nconstitution, or any administrative code, county government law, county\ncharter or civil divisions act enacted by the legislature and applicable\nto such county as now in force or hereafter amended, or (b) in conflict\nwith any local law heretofore or hereafter adopted by any county under\nan optional or alternative form of county government, or (c) in conflict\nwith any special act of the legislature applicable to a county, or (d)\nin conflict with or limitation of a county charter or charter law\nadopted pursuant to article four of the municipal home rule law\nconstituting the county charter law, or an administrative code or local\nlaw of a county which has adopted a county charter pursuant to such\narticle, as now in force or as hereafter amended, shall not be\napplicable to such county.\n 2. In the exercise of its power to enact local laws, and in addition\nto any such power conferred by article two or article four of the\nmunicipal home rule law or other applicable law, the board of\nsupervisors or other elective governing body of any county, other than a\ncounty wholly included within a city, may adopt and make applicable to\nsuch county, or to its officer performing the functions of a medical\nexaminer, by whatever name designated, any provision of this article\nwhich is inapplicable to such county under the provisions of subdivision\none of this section, provided that such power shall be exercised in the\nmanner and subject to any veto, referendum or other requirement provided\nby applicable law.\n