N.Y. Town Law § 92
A proposition for the submission of any such act or resolution of the town board to the approval of the qualified electors pursuant to this chapter, shall contain an abstract of such act or resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof. The town clerk shall prepare such abstract with the advice of the town attorney, if there be one, and forthwith transmit the proposition to the town board in the form in which it is to be submitted at such annual or special election in accord with the provisions of this chapter. If there be more than one such proposition to be voted upon at such election, each proposition shall be separately and consecutively numbered. Each proposition for raising, appropriating or expending money or incurring any liability which shall be a charge wholly against a district or a portion of the town shall be submitted upon a separate ballot.
N.Y. Town Law § 92