N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 57

§ 57. Terms of elective county officials not to be abridged. The term\nof office of an elective county official shall not be abridged by reason\nof the approval of any question providing for the adoption in the first\ninstance of an alternative form of county government or modification,\nchange or abandonment, of any such form previously adopted. If an\nelective official of the county is continued in office after his office\nis abolished, he shall perform such related duties for the remainder of\nhis term, unless a vacancy otherwise occurs, as may be assigned to him:\n(1) in case of the modification or change of an existing form of county\ngovernment, by the county executive; or (2) in case of the abandonment\nof an existing form, by the board of supervisors of the county. He shall\nbe paid a compensation to be fixed by the board of supervisors and paid\nby the county.\n