New York Consolidated Laws, Village Law - VIL § 16-1600 Reincorporation of special village under this chapter

A village incorporated by special law and subject to its provisions may be reincorporated under this chapter by adopting a proposition therefor.  Such a proposition may be submitted at an annual election or at a special election to be called for that purpose.

The board of trustees of such village may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the petition of twenty-five electors assessed upon the last assessment-roll of the village, cause to be submitted at a village election a proposition for such reincorporation.  The ballots to be used at such an election may be written or printed, and shall contain the words “For the reincorporation of the village of (naming it) under the village law.”

A proposition for the reincorporation of a village under this article shall not be submitted at a special election during the months of February or March.