N.Y. Educ. Law § 2552
The board of education of each such city school district is hereby continued. The educational affairs in each such city school district shall be under the general management and control of a board of education to consist of not less than three and not more than nine members, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, and to be known as members of the board of education, except that the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York shall be constituted as provided in article fifty-two-A of this title. The number of members on the board of education of each such city school district shall continue to be as follows, provided that student ex officio board members as described in subdivision eleven of section twentyfive hundred fifty-three of this article shall not be considered board members for purposes of this section:
N.Y. Educ. Law § 2552