N.Y. HAY Law § 184

§ 184. When officers of different towns disagree about highway. When\nthe town superintendent of any town or officers of any village or city\nhaving the powers of town superintendents shall differ with the town\nsuperintendent or superintendents of any other town or with the officers\nof such a village or city having the powers of town superintendents in\nthe same county, relating to the laying out of a new highway or altering\nan old highway, extending into both towns, or a town and a village or\ncity, or upon the boundary line between such towns or such town and a\nvillage or city, or when a town superintendent of a town in one county\nshall differ with the town superintendent of a town or the officers of a\nvillage or city having the powers of town superintendents in another\ncounty, relating to the laying out of a new highway, or the altering of\nan old highway, which shall extend into both counties, or be upon the\nboundary line between such counties, the town superintendents of both\ntowns or the officers of the village or city having such powers shall\nmeet on five days' written notice, specifying the time and place, within\nsome one of such towns, villages or cities, given by either of such town\nsuperintendents, or officers having powers of town superintendents, to\nmake their determination in writing, upon the subject of their\ndifferences. If they cannot agree, they or either of them may certify\nthe fact of their disagreement to the supreme court in the judicial\ndistrict where all or part of the proposed highway is located; and upon\ndue notice to all persons interested view the proposed highway, or\nproposed alteration of a highway, and take such evidence as it deems\nproper, and shall decide all questions that shall arise on the hearing,\nas to the laying out or altering of such highway, its location, width,\ngrade and character of roadbed, or any point that may arise relating\nthereto; if supreme court determines in favor of opening or altering any\nhighway it shall order that all proceedings thereto are in conformance\nwith the eminent domain procedure law.\n