Overview
Local governments may consider consolidation into a single entity. For example, two towns may have determined that rather than exist as two separate municipal entities, consolidating into a single town would result in tax savings or service efficiencies.
Communities considering consolidation may be eligible for a Local Government Efficiency grant to assist with studying the feasibility of consolidation or to assist with the consolidation itself.
Resources
The Department of State has prepared a number of resources, publications, studies and reports to help communities better understand municipal mergers, consolidations, and dissolutions.
- The Reorganization of Local Government
- Guide to the Reorganization of School Districts in New York State
- Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Legal Framework for Providing Local Government Services
- The New N.Y. Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act
- The Citizen's Guide to Petitioning for Local Government Consolidation or Dissolution
Villages Dissolved Since 1900
| Village | County | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | Delaware | 04/18/1900 |
| Prattsville | Greene | 03/26/1900 |
| Rifton | Ulster | 08/18/1919 |
| Union* | Broome | 1921 |
| LaFargeville | Jefferson | 04/18/1922 |
| Brookfield | Madison | 12/31/1923 |
| Oramel | Allegany | 12/23/1925 |
| Eastwood** | Onondaga | 08/06/1926 |
| Newfield | Tompkins | 12/02/1926 |
| Pleasent Valley | Dutchess | 05/22/1926 |
| Marlborough | Ulster | 04/20/1928 |
| Northville | Suffolk | 05/16/1930 |
| Old Forge | Herkimer | 10/21/1933 |
| Forestport | Onieda | 06/18/1938 |
| North Bangor | Franklin | 03/24/1939 |
| The Landing | Suffolk | 05/25/1939 |
| Downsville | Delaware | 09/21/1950 |
| Amchir | Orange | 04/30/1968 |
| Prattsburg | Steuben | 09/22/1972 |
| Pelham | Westchester | 06/01/1975 |
| N. Pelham | Westchester | 06/01/1975 |
| Fort Covington | Franklin | 04/05/1976 |
| Friendship | Allegany | 04/04/1977 |
| Belleville | Jefferson | 04/20/1979 |
| Rosendale | Ulster | 05/23/1979 |
| Savannah | Wayne | 04/25/1979 |
| Elizabethtown | Essex | 04/23/1981 |
| Bloomingdale | Essex | 02/26/1985 |
| Pine Hill | Ulster | 09/24/1985 |
| Woodhull | Steuben | 01/13/1986 |
| East Bloomfield | Ontario | 03/27/1990 |
| Holcomb | Ontario | 03/27/1990 |
| Pine Valley | Suffolk | 04/04/1990 |
| Ticonderoga | Essex | 05/01/1992 |
| Westport | Essex | 05/29/1992 |
| Henderson | Jefferson | 05/23/1992 |
| Schenevus | Otsego | 03/29/1993 |
| Fillmore | Allegany | 01/13/1994 |
| Mooers | Clinton | 03/31/1994 |
| Andes | Delaware | 12/31/2003 |
| Pike | Wyoming | 12/31/2009 |
| Limestone | Cattaraugus | 12/31/2010 |
| East Randolph | Cattaraugus | 12/31/2011 |
| Randolph | Cattaraugus | 12/31/2011 |
| Perrysburg | Cattaraugus | 12/31/2011 |
| Seneca Falls | Seneca | 12/31/2011 |
| Edwards | St. Lawrence | 12/31/2012 |
| Altmar | Oswego | 06/01/2013 |
| Keeseville | Clinton & Essex | 12/31/2014 |
| Bridgewater | Oneida | 12/31/2014 |
| Lyons | Wayne | 12/31/2015 |
| Prospect | Oneida | 12/31/2015 |
| Salem | Washington | 3/31/2016 |
| Hermon | St. Lawrence | 12/31/2016 |
| Forestville | Chautauqua | 12/31/2016 |
| Macedon | Wayne | 03/31/2017 |
| Port Henry | Essex | 03/31/2017 |
| Herrings | Jefferson | 03/31/2017 |
| Cherry Creek | Chautauqua | 12/31/2017 |
| Mastic Beach | Suffolk | 12/31/2017 |
| Harrisville | Lewis | 12/31/2018 |
| Van Etten | Chemung | 12/31/2018 |
| Morristown | St. Lawrence | 12/31/2019 |
| South Nyack | Rockland | 3/31/2022 |
| Fort Johnson | Montgomery | 12/31/2023 |
* date of 1921 based on the last financial record on file at OSC; annexed into the village of Endicott, April, 22, 1964
** annexed into the city of Syracuse
Villages Incorporated Since 1940
| Village | County | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | Orange | 08/05/1946 |
| Prattsburg | Steuben | 12/07/1948 |
| Tuxedo Park | Orange | 08/13/1952 |
| Sodus Point | Wayne | 12/30/1957 |
| New Square | Rockland | 11/06/1961 |
| Atlantic Beach | Nassau | 06/21/1962 |
| Port Jefferson | Suffolk | 04/09/1963 |
| Amchir | Orange | 09/09/1964 |
| Pomona | Rockland | 02/03/1967 |
| Lake Grove | Suffolk | 09/09/1968 |
| Round Lake | Saratoga | 08/07/1969 |
| Sylvan Beach | Oneida | 03/17/1971 |
| Lansing | Tompkins | 12/19/1974 |
| Harrison | Westchester | 09/09/1975 |
| Pelham | Westchester | 06/01/1975 |
| Kiryas Joel | Orange | 03/02/1977 |
| Rye Brook | Westchester | 07/07/1982 |
| Wesley Hills | Rockland | 12/07/1982 |
| New Hempstead | Rockland | 03/21/1983 |
| Islandia | Suffolk | 04/17/1985 |
| Montebello | Rockland | 05/07/1986 |
| Chestnut Ridge | Rockland | 05/16/1986 |
| Pine Valley | Suffolk | 03/15/1988 |
| Kaser | Rockland | 01/25/1990 |
| Blooomfield | Ontario | 03/27/1990 |
| Airmont | Rockland | 03/28/1991 |
| W. Hampton Dunes | Suffolk | 11/19/1993 |
| East Nassau | Rensselaer | 01/14/1998 |
| Sagaponack | Suffolk | 09/27/2005 |
| S. Blooming Grove | Orange | 07/14/2006 |
| Woodbury | Orange | 08/28/2006 |
| Mastic Beach | Suffolk | 09/21/2010 |
| Ateres | Sullivan | 03/05/2024 |