N.Y. Educ. Law § 1525

§ 1525. Alteration of boundaries of city school district.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other general,\nspecial, or local law to the contrary, whenever the commissioner of\neducation shall receive an application for an alteration of the\nboundaries of a city school district of a city with less than one\nhundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and the board of education of\nsuch city school district and the boards of education or trustees of all\nother districts to be affected by such alteration shall consent thereto\nin writing, the commissioner of education may make an order altering the\nboundaries of such city school district, and fix in such order a day\nwhen the alteration shall take effect.\n