N.Y. EDN Law § 2602

§ 2602. Annual and special school district meetings. 1. Except as\notherwise provided in this chapter, including the provisions of this\narticle, an annual school election shall be held on the same day as the\nannual budget vote pursuant to the provisions of article forty-one of\nthis chapter in each city school district.\n 2. Except as otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of\nthis article, special school district meetings may be called in each\ncity school district by the board of education thereof in accordance\nwith sections two thousand four and two thousand seven of this chapter,\nwhenever such board shall deem it necessary and proper.\n 3. Notwithstanding any provisions of article forty-one of this chapter\nto the contrary, the polls of such annual and special district meetings\nshall be open during such consecutive hours, not less than nine,\nbeginning not earlier than six o'clock in the forenoon, and two of which\nhours shall be after six o'clock in the evening, as the board of\neducation shall by resolution determine.\n