New York Second Class Cities Law Article 3 - OFFICERS

• 10 - Officers.
  City officers, within the meaning of this chapter, include all persons elected or appointed to any office of the city created or authorized by this...
• 11 - Elective Officers.
  There shall be elected by the qualified electors of the city, a mayor, comptroller, treasurer, president of the common council and four assessors. There shall...
• 12 - Appointive Officers.
  There shall be appointed by the mayor a corporation counsel, city engineer, commissioner of public works, commissioner of public safety, commissioner of public welfare and...
• 13 - Terms of Office.
  The term of office of each elective officer, unless elected to fill a vacancy then existing, shall commence on the first day of January next...
• 14 - Elections.
  All elections of city officers, including supervisors and judicial officers of a city court or inferior local court, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding...
• 15 - Vacancies.
  If a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term, in an elective office of the city, including that of supervisor, the mayor shall...
• 17 - Additional Fees or Compensation Not to Be Paid.
  No officer of the city, except corporation counsel, a justice of a city court, acting as clerk of said court, city marshal, marshal of a...
• 18 - Official Undertakings.
  No person elected or appointed to a city office shall enter upon or continue in the discharge of the duties of his office until he...
• 19 - Holding More Than One Office.
  No person shall, at the same time, hold more than one city office. Upon the acceptance by a city officer of a second office the...
• 20 - Charges Against City Officers.
  Whenever it is provided herein, or otherwise by law, that an officer of the city shall hold office during good behavior or shall be removed...
• 21 - Office Hours.
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the city offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business each day in the year, Sundays and legal...
• 22 - Officers, Trustees of Public Property.
  The common council and the several members thereof, and all officers and employees of the city are hereby declared trustees of the property, funds and...
• 23 - Annual Reports of Departments.
  The several heads of departments shall present to the mayor annually, on or before the first Monday of December, a report of their proceedings during...

Last modified: February 3, 2019