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N.Y. Town Law § 60 (2026)

Town board constituted

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§ 60. Town board constituted. 1. In every town the supervisor and the
town council members shall constitute the town board and shall be vested
with all the powers of such a town and shall possess and exercise all
the powers and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter imposed by
law upon town boards and town boards of health within such towns; but it
is not intended to extend the power of said boards or officers within
the limits of any incorporated village or city, or in any manner to
abridge or interfere with the power and authority of the officers of any
such village or city within its corporate limits, except as otherwise
provided by law.
  2. In any town in which a town justice serves as a member of the town
board, such town justice shall continue to serve as a member of the town
board until the expiration of their term. Thereafter any town justice
shall not be a member of the town board and a town council member shall
be elected as a member of such town board in place of such town justice
except as otherwise provided by the town board by resolution adopted
pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-a of this article.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: Rini v. Zwirn, 886 F. Supp. 270 (E.D.N.Y. 1995).
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Rini v. Zwirn, 886 F. Supp. 270 (E.D.N.Y. 1995). · cites it 2× “N.Y.Town Law §§ 60, 63 (McKinney 1987); see also Aitchison v.”
Reed v. Town of Babylon, 914 F. Supp. 843 (E.D.N.Y. 1996). “N.Y. Town Law § 60 (McKinney 1987). The four board members are elected at large to four-year, staggered terms (two in each election cycle).”
Kent Acres Dev. Co. v. City of New York, 41 A.D.3d 542 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2007). “Under the particular circumstances of the instant case, the Supreme Court properly directed the Town to consent to the participation of Kent Acres and Lexington in the POPE As properly found by the Supreme Court, by entering into the 1989 Stipulation of Settlement, Kent Acres,…”
Town of Hoosick v. E. Rensselaer Cnty. Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 182 A.D.2d 37 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 1992). “What I do perceive is that the absence of any provisions for withdrawal leaves those towns, which by their own affirmative actions enrolled as members of defendant, all of the constitutional and statutory obligations and powers to enact legislation and ordinances which relate to…”
Dish Realty, LLC v. Town of Huntington, 122 A.D.3d 665 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2014). · cites it 2× “However, a town board “shall be vested with all the powers of such a town” (Town Law § 60 [1]) and “cannot and does not exist separately and independently from the town of which it is the governing body .”
Matter of Furlong v. Haight, 238 A.D.3d 815 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2025). “Town Law § 60(1) provides that each town board consists of "the supervisor" and "town council members.”
N.Y. Town Law § 60(1): 1 case
Matter of Furlong v. Haight, 238 A.D.3d 815 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2025). “Town Law § 60(1) provides that each town board consists of "the supervisor" and "town council members.”
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