Section 240. Application of article

This article shall apply to cities of
  the second and third class, to any county outside of  the  city  of  New
  York,  and  to towns and villages.  The term "municipality, " as used in
  this article, includes only a city of the second and  third  class,  any
  county  outside  the city of New York, a village, town or that part of a
  town not included within the boundaries of a village.