N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 55

§ 55. Change from one alternative form of county government to\nanother. A county operating under an alternative form of county\ngovernment may, after the lapse of three years from the date such form\nbecomes effective in the county, abandon its then existing form and\nadopt another alternative form of county government authorized by this\nchapter, and such change shall become effective at the time provided in\nsubdivision five of section six hundred fifty-six. No such question\nshall be submitted more often than once in every four years. All of the\nprovisions of this chapter relating to initiating a proceeding for the\nadoption of an alternative form of county government and to the\nsubmission and approval of the question shall apply also to a change\nfrom one alternative form of county government to another as authorized\nin this section. The question shall be in substantially the following\nform: "Shall the county of (name of county) abandon its present form of\ncounty government and adopt the (name of form) of government?"\n