N.Y. County Law Section 216
Location of county offices

The board of supervisors shall have power to select and change the site of any county office or building within the county except as hereinafter provided. No site or location for any county jail shall be selected or acquired by such board of supervisors which shall not have been approved by the state commission of correction. No courthouse, civil office of the sheriff, office of the county clerk, county treasurer, clerk of the board of supervisors or board of elections, now or hereafter located in a city or village, shall be removed beyond the limits of such city or village without the approval of a proposition therefor by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon at a general or special election. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall cause a notice of such election to be published in the official newspapers once a week for six weeks previous to such election; and shall on or before the first day of publication cause such notice to be posted upon the bulletin board at the office of each city and town clerk in the county. The notice shall state the time of the election, the name of the office or building and the proposed site thereof by a description in general terms sufficient for readily identifying the proposed site. The clerk shall cause a certificate to be filed with the board of elections stating the proposition to be submitted on or before the first publication. Nothing herein shall be deemed to dispense with any required approval of a site or building by any state officer or department. In the event the board of supervisors proposes changing the present site or sites, as the case may be, of two or more of the above specified offices or buildings from their present site or sites, as the case may be, to one site, such proposal may be contained in one proposition without the necessity of allowing a separate vote on each of the offices or buildings concerned, and in such case, the proposition and the notice of such election shall state, as to each office or building affected, the name of the office or building, the present location thereof by reference to the city or village, as the case may be, and the proposed site thereof by a description in general terms sufficient for readily identifying the proposed site.

Source: Section 216 — Location of county offices, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CNT/216 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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Compensation of supervisors 201
Compensation of officers 202
Publication of compensation and expenses of supervisors in certain counties 203
Expenses incurred in the performance of official duty 204
Positions of employment 205
Compensation of employees 205–A
Certain pilot projects 206
Hours of work and office hours 206–A
Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays 207
Vacations 208
Books and records 209
Investigations 210
Examination and post audit 211
Printed and electronically recorded proceedings of the board 212
Designation of depositaries 214
Designation of newspapers 215
County property 216
Location of county offices 217
County jail 217–A
Qualification for employment as a county correction officer 218
Courthouses and judicial expenditures 218–A
County detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision 218–B
Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries 219
Reforested lands 220
County planning board 220–A
Water quality management agency 221
County park commission 222
Cemeteries 223
Flood control and soil conservation 223–A
The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any one y... 223–B
EMS training and mutual aid programs 224
Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit services 224–A
Elimination of noxious weeds 224–B
Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist 225
Optional appropriations for public benefit services administered by the board 225–A
Fire training and mutual aid programs 225–B
Contracts for visiting nursing services 226
Monuments and memorials 226–A
Patriotic observances 226–B
Solid waste management 226–C
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–C*2
Waiver of fees for veterans organizations 226–C*3
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–D
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–E
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 227
Legalizing acts 228
Disputed town boundaries 229
Erection and dissolution of towns 231
Expenses of police officer or peace officer injured in line of duty 232
County officers’ and county executives’ associations 233
Procedure on tax limit increase 233–A
Amounts to be included or excluded in computing constitutional taxing power 233–B
Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or recreational purposes 234
Additional powers granted under other laws 234–A
Service of notice in relation to constitutionality of local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of a county 235
The board of supervisors by resolution may appoint a committee of citizens of the county to act in an advisory capacity to any committee,... 236
County plumbing licensing 236–A
County master electrician licensing 236–B
County electrical inspector licensing 237
Alcoholic beverage control
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Feb. 28, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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