N.Y. Educ. Law § 2002

§ 2002. Time and place of annual meeting. 1. The annual meeting and\nelection of each school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of\nMay in each year, provided, however that such annual meeting and\nelection shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner\nat the request of a local school board certifies no later than March\nfirst that such election would conflict with religious observances.\nUnless the hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a\nprevious district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse at\nseven-thirty o'clock in the evening in the case of a school district\nthat is not divided into election districts and conducts its election or\nvote by recording the ayes or noes of the qualified voters attending,\nor, in the case of all other districts, during at least six consecutive\nhours after six a.m., two of which hours shall be after six p.m. as\ndetermined by resolution of the trustees or board of education,\nprovided, however, that the trustees or board of education of any school\ndistrict that conducted its annual meeting at seven-thirty p.m. in\nnineteen hundred ninety-seven may conduct its annual election and budget\nvote at such time in nineteen hundred ninety-eight. If a district\npossesses more than one schoolhouse, it shall be held in the one usually\nemployed for that purpose, unless the trustees or board of education\ndesignate another, provided that if the school district is divided into\nelection districts such annual meeting and election shall be held at\nsuch place in each election district as the board of education may\ndesignate. If the district possesses no schoolhouse, or if the\nschoolhouse shall not be accessible or adequate, then the annual meeting\nand election shall be held at such place as the trustees or board of\neducation, or the clerk, shall designate in the notice.\n