N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 756

§ 756. Effective date of joint consolidation agreement. Local\ngovernment entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation\nagreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until\nthe effective date of the consolidation specified in the joint\nconsolidation agreement; provided, however, that no joint consolidation\nagreement consolidating two or more towns, two or more villages or one\nor more towns and villages shall take effect unless approved by a\nmajority of electors in each such town and/or village at a referendum\ncalled through a resolution enacted pursuant to section seven hundred\nfifty-five of this title.\n