N.Y. Vill. Law § 9-900

§ 9-900 Acts or resolutions of the board of trustees that are subject\nto referendum on petition. l. Whenever this chapter shall expressly\nprovide that an act or resolution of the board of trustees is subject to\na permissive referendum, such act or resolution shall be subject to a\nreferendum on petition as set forth in the next section.\n 2. Within ten days after the performance of any act or the adoption of\nany resolution by the board of trustees which is subject to a permissive\nreferendum as above described, the village clerk shall, in the same\nmanner as is provided for notice of a general village election, post and\npublish a notice which shall set forth the date of the adoption of the\nact or resolution and contain an abstract of such act or resolution\nconcisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, and indicating that\nsuch act or resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.\n 3. Whenever any state statute shall provide that any local law or\nresolution of the board of trustees is subject to a mandatory referendum\nand if no other procedure is otherwise provided for, such referendum\nshall be conducted as provided in this article as if such referendum\nwere a permissive referendum upon which a valid petition had been filed\nwith the date of adoption of such act or resolution by the board of\ntrustees being deemed the date of the filing of the petition. In the\nevent a mandatory referendum on the adoption of a local law is held at a\ntime other than at the time of a general village election for officers\nas provided by section twenty-three of the municipal home rule law, such\nreferendum shall be conducted as provided in this article as if such\nreferendum were a permissive referendum upon which a valid petition had\nbeen filed with the date of the adoption of such local law by the board\nof trustees being deemed the date of the filing of the petition.\n