2006 New York Code - Vacancies And Removals.

 
    §  34.  Vacancies  and  removals.    A vacancy occurring other than by
  reason of the expiration of the term of a member of an  authority  shall
  be  filled  for  the unexpired term.  The mayor of a city or village, or
  the town board of a town, may remove  a  member  of  the  authority  for
  inefficiency,  neglect  of duty, or misconduct in office, but only after
  the member shall have been given a copy of the charges against  him  and
  an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in his own defense at
  a  public  hearing.  In  the  event  of  removal, the mayor of a city or
  village, or the town board of a town, shall file with the commissioner a
  record of the proceedings together with  a  copy  of  the  charges  made
  against  the  member  and  his  or  its  findings thereon.   Pending the
  determination of charges against a member, the mayor or the town  board,
  as the case may be, may suspend him from office.