N.Y. MHR Law § 33-A

§ 33-a. Transfer of functions or duties of local governments and\ndistricts. 1. Subject to restrictions in the constitution, in this\narticle or in any other applicable law, the board of supervisors of any\ncounty may, by local law, transfer functions or duties of the county or\nof the cities, towns, villages, districts or other units of government\nwholly contained in such county to each other, or for the abolition of\none or more units of government, including but not limited to offices,\ndepartments or agencies thereof, when the level and quality of ongoing\nservices of all their functions or duties are transferred.\n 2. Any such local law, or an amendment or repeal of one or more\nprovisions thereof which would have the effect of transferring or\nabolishing a function or duty of the county or of the cities, towns,\nvillages, districts or other units of government wholly contained in the\ncounty, shall not become operative unless and until it is approved at a\ngeneral election or at a special election, held in the county by\nreceiving a majority of the total votes cast thereon: (a) in the area of\nthe county outside of cities and (b) in the area of cities of the\ncounty, if any, considered as one unit, and if it provides for the\ntransfer of any function or duty to or from any village or for the\nabolition of any office, department, agency or unit of government of a\nvillage wholly contained in the county, it shall not take effect unless\nit shall also receive a majority of all the votes cast thereon in all\nthe villages so affected considered as one unit. Such a local law,\namendment or repeal thereof, shall provide for its submission to the\nelectors of the county at the next general election or at a special\nelection, occurring not less than sixty days after the adoption thereof\nby the board of supervisors.\n