N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 56

§ 56. Abandonment of existing alternative form. A county which shall\nhave adopted an alternative form of county government may, after the\nlapse of three years from the date such form becomes effective in the\ncounty, rescind its previous action and elect to be governed by the\nprovisions of the county law as then or thereafter in force. No such\nquestion shall be submitted more often than once in every four years.\nAll of the provisions of this chapter relating to initiating a\nproceeding for the adoption of an alternative form of county government\nand to the submission and approval of the question shall apply also to\nthe abandonment of an existing alternative form of county government as\nauthorized by this section. Any such question shall become effective, if\napproved, on the first day of January of the year specified in the\npetition or resolution, and if no year be specified, shall become\neffective on the first day of January of the second year after its\nadoption. The question shall be in substantially the following form:\n"Shall the county of (name of county) abandon its present form of county\ngovernment and be governed by the county law after January first\n(year)?"\n