N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 283

§ 283. Variances and amendments. 1. The village board of any village\nor the town board of any town in which one or more residential or\nresidential and recreational areas have been established pursuant to\nthis article may establish rules, regulations and procedures by or\npursuant to which such board may, consistent with the purposes and\nobjectives of this article as described in section two hundred eighty\nhereof, authorize or permit a necessary or desirable use of land or\nprevent unnecessary hardship in an individual or particular instance by\nthe granting of a proper and appropriate variance from any ordinance or\nlocal law adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n 2. The village board of any village or the town board of any town in\nwhich a residential or residential and recreational area has been\nestablished pursuant to this article on petition of any person or\ncorporation aggrieved thereby or of one or more interested persons or\ncorporations or on its own motion may, after a public hearing held on\nnotice published and posted as provided in subdivision two of section\ntwo hundred eighty-one of this chapter, amend any ordinance or local law\nadopted pursuant to this article which prohibits, restricts, regulates,\ncontrols and limits the use of buildings, structures or land within such\narea.\n 3. Each such amendment shall be entered, published and posted, shall\nbecome effective and shall be reviewable by a proceeding under article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules as provided in section\ntwo hundred eighty-two of this chapter.\n