N.Y. Educ. Law § 2604

§ 2604. Division of city school district into school election\ndistricts; elections held in schoolhouses. The board of education of\neach city school district shall adopt a resolution on or before the\nfirst day of April, preceding the first annual school election held\nhereunder, dividing the city school district into school election\ndistricts. The city school district shall be so divided that if\ncircumstances will permit, school election districts will be coterminous\nwith one or more general election districts, and that, if practicable,\nthere shall be a schoolhouse in each election district. The election\ndistricts thus formed shall continue in existence until modified by\nresolution of the board of education. Such resolution shall accurately\ndescribe the boundaries of such election districts by streets, alleys\nand highways, when practicable. School elections shall be held in such\nschool election districts so far as may be possible in the public\nschoolhouses therein. If there is no public schoolhouse in a school\nelection district, the board of education shall by resolution designate\nthe place where the election in such district shall be held.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the board of\neducation of any city school district of a city of less than ten\nthousand inhabitants may, by resolution, designate the entire city\nschool district as a single school district.\n