New York Laws
Title 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions
791 - Liability of Officials and Employees.

ยง 791. Liability of officials and employees. In the absence of fraud,
gross negligence or willful misfeasance, no officer or employee of a
local government entity shall be held personally liable upon any claim
arising from the consolidation or dissolution of a local government
entity pursuant to this article or any circumstances connected with such
consolidation or dissolution.