3 - Definitions. - New York Statutes

§ 3. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall mean or include: 1. "Chief executive officer." The elective or appointive chief executive officer, if there be one, or otherwise the chairman of the board of supervisors, in the case of a county, the mayor in the case of a city or village or the supervisor in the case of a town. 2. "Local government." A county, city, town or village.