§ 57. Effectiveness of certain acts of the legislature. 1. A state
statute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which, in form, amends
or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of
the city home rule law, village home rule law, article six or article
six-a of the county law or sections fifty-one-a through fifty-one-f of
the town law, as in force immediately prior to January first, nineteen
hundred sixty-four, shall be deemed and construed as an amendment or
repeal, in whole or in part, as the case may be, of the corresponding
provision or provisions of such law, article or sections, as contained
in this chapter.

2. A state statute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which
adds, or purports to add a new section, subdivision or other provision
of law to the city home rule law, village home rule law, article six or
article six-a of the county law or sections fifty-one-a through
fifty-one-f of the town law, as in force immediately prior to January
first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, shall be deemed and construed as
having been added to this chapter and shall be given full effect
according to its context as if the same had been added expressly and in
terms to this chapter and shall be deemed and construed to have been
inserted in this chapter in the appropriate position in regard to and as
modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions of
this chapter.