New York Laws
Article 3 - Officers and Elections
3-303 - Additional Village Justices in Certain Villages.

ยง 3-303 Additional village justices in certain villages. At least one
hundred fifty days prior to any village general election and subject to
a permissive referendum, as provided by article nine of this title, the
board of trustees of the following villages may adopt a resolution
determining that such village shall have three village justices with the
third village justice to be elected by the electors at the next village
general election to begin serving a term of office beginning at the
start of the official year next succeeding such village general
election:

The village of Spring Valley in Rockland county.