VILLAGE OF CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON

INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF 2025

A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED “RESCISSION OF LOCAL LAW NO. 5 OF 2024, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 18, 2024 EXTENDING THE TERM LENGTHS OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES AND AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE VILLAGE CODE ADDING ARTICLE III GOVERNING TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS”

Be it enacted by the Village Board of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, County of Orange, State of New York, as follows:

Section 1.       

This Local Law is enacted for the purpose of rescinding the local law entitled “A Local Law Extending the Term Lengths of Village Trustees and Amending Chapter 15 of the Village Code Adding Article III Governing Terms of Elected Officials” adopted on November 18, 2024 and filed with the Secretary of State of New York.

Section 2.

            Local Law No. 4 of 2024 adopted on November 18, 2024 and filed with the Secretary of State on is hereby rescinded. All other text contained in Chapter 15 shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 3.  Severability.

If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the Village Board of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson hereby declares that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.

Section 4.  Repeal.

All ordinances, local laws and parts thereof inconsistent with this Local Law are hereby repealed.

Section 5.  Authority.

This Local Law is enacted pursuant to New York Village Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law. This Local Law shall supersede the provisions of Village Law to the extent it is inconsistent with the same, and to the extent permitted by the New York State Constitution, the Municipal Home Rule Law, or any other applicable statute.

Section 6.  Effective Date.

This law shall become effective upon filing with the office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.