This handbook may still also be available in CD-ROM format from the Department of State. It remains an excellent source on the structures and functions of New York's some 4300 local governments.
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The NYS Department of State no longer provides printed copies of the Local Government Handbook, but you can print your own. The book (all 257 pages) is available in .pdf format at:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/list9.html#handbook
The format (.pdf) allows you to print as many or as few pages as you like. It requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader software, but that is available online for free from Adobe.