N.Y. VIL Law § 17-1716
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Lamp or street lighting districts
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§ 17-1716 Lamp or street lighting districts. In every such village any\nlamp or street lighting districts created or organized under the\nprovisions of the town law, shall continue and the board of trustees\nshall be and they are hereby vested with the full management and control\nof such districts, and the lighting system thereof, and the assessment\nof the cost and expenses of such lighting, which lighting district shall\nuntil discontinued in the manner hereinafter provided, be managed,\ncontrolled and operated and may be extended or enlarged, by said board\nof trustees, in the manner provided in the town law; provided, however,\nthat the board of trustees of such village may, in its discretion, by\nresolution, discontinue any such lighting district, in which case the\nprovisions of the village law in relation to street lighting shall apply\nto any such village.\n
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