N.Y. VIL Law § 2-222

§ 2-222 Canvass of election. 1. At the close of the polls and as soon\nthereafter as the inspectors of election shall have completed their\nother duties as provided in this chapter and in the applicable\nprovisions of the election law, the inspectors thereat shall publicly\ncanvass and ascertain the vote without adjournment or postponement and\nupon the completion of the canvass shall make and sign a certificate of\nthe holding of the election and of the canvass showing for the territory\nor for each part of each town in the territory and computed separately\nfor each such part, as the case may be, the whole number of such votes,\nthe number of blank and void ballots, if any, the number for\nincorporation and the number against incorporation. If a majority of the\nvalid votes cast in the territory or in each part of each town in the\nterritory and computed separately for each such part, as the case may\nbe, is for incorporation, the proposed village shall be incorporated as\nprovided in section 2-234 of this article. The inspectors of election\nshall also and before nine thirty o'clock in the forenoon of the\nfollowing day file the original of such certificate in the office of the\nclerk of the town wherein was filed the original of the petition for\nincorporation and duplicate copies thereof in the offices of the clerks\nof all other towns in which a portion of such territory is located.\n 2. If the certificate shows that less than a majority of the valid\nvotes cast in the territory or in any part of any town in the territory\nand computed separately for such part, as the case may be, at such\nelection is for incorporation then no proceeding for the incorporation\nof the same territory shall be commenced within one year from the date\nof such election.\n