N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 700
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700
Short title 701
Definitions 702
Legislative intent 703
Petition by residents or property owners to initiate annexation of territory 703–A
Resolution by governing boards of municipalities to initiate annexation of territory 704
Notice of hearing on petition or joint resolution to initiate annexation of territory 705
Hearing 706
Annexation of uninhabited territory belonging to a city or a village 707
Disposition of property in area proposed to be annexed 708
Assumption of debt 709
Annexation by a city of territory in fire, fire protection, or fire alarm districts 710
Disposition of taxes and other charges against property in annexed territory 711
Determination after hearing 712
Adjudication and determination in the supreme court 713
Election in event of approval 714
Annexation after election approving proposition 715
Effect on certain school districts in which territory is situated 716
Restrictions and prohibitions 717
Boundaries and map of local government to which territory is annexed 718
Construction 719
Schedule of laws repealed