2015 New York Laws
VIL - Village
Article 17 - (Village) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO A VILLAGE EMBRACING THE ENTIRE TERRITORY OF A TOWN
17-1716 - Lamp or street lighting districts.

 17-1716 Lamp or street lighting districts. In every such village any
  lamp  or  street  lighting  districts  created  or  organized  under the
  provisions of the town law, shall continue and  the  board  of  trustees
  shall be and they are hereby vested with the full management and control
  of  such  districts, and the lighting system thereof, and the assessment
  of the cost and expenses of such lighting, which lighting district shall
  until discontinued in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  be  managed,
  controlled  and  operated and may be extended or enlarged, by said board
  of trustees, in the manner provided in the town law; provided,  however,
  that  the  board  of trustees of such village may, in its discretion, by
  resolution, discontinue any such lighting district, in  which  case  the
  provisions of the village law in relation to street lighting shall apply
  to any such village.