N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 187

§ 187. Local option. Subject to the provisions of this article, and\npursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine\nof article one of the constitution of the state, the legislature hereby\ngives and grants to every municipality the right, power and authority to\nauthorize the conduct of games of chance by authorized organizations\nwithin the territorial limits of such municipality. A local law or\nordinance adopted by a town shall be operative in any village or within\nany part of any village located within such town if, after adoption of\nsuch local law or ordinance, the board of trustees of such village\nadopts a local law or resolution subject to a permisive referendum as\nprovided in article nine of the village law authorizing the issuance of\nlicenses by the town for games of chance within such village. Such local\nlaw or resolution may be repealed only by a local law or resolution\nwhich shall also be subject to a permissive referendum, or by enactment\nof a local law authorizing games of chance as provided in section one\nhundred eighty-eight of this article.\n