N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 4 § 203.1
An original and four copies of an application may be filed by a local government which, acting through its legislative body, has adopted or amended by local law, ordinance or resolution its own provisions and procedures, for a determination by the board that such provisions and procedures are substantially equivalent to the provisions and procedures set forth in the act and these rules. Applications under this section shall be in writing and signed. Should the chairperson authorize electronic filing of applications, the filing of a paper original consistent with this section and electronic filing and service of a copy shall constitute compliance with the filing and service requirements herein contained. Application forms will be supplied by the board upon request, and will be available on the agency's website. Such an application may be filed at any time after the applicant has given public notice of its intention to so file, and may be withdrawn by the applicant at any time before disposition of it by the board and after giving public notice of such withdrawal. Such public notice shall be by posting in a conspicuous place at suitable offices of the applicant for not less than five working days, and inclusion in a public advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the applicant for not less than one day.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 4 § 203.1