N.Y. Election Law § 2-110: Committees other than state and county; creation

§ 2-110. Committees other than state and county; creation. 1. All

committees other than state and county committees shall be formed in the

manner provided for by the rules of the party.

2. In the city of New York there shall be the party positions of

assembly district leaders or, if the rules of the county committee shall

so provide, one assembly district leader and one associate assembly

district leader. Outside the city of New York there shall be such

positions when the rules of the county committee shall so provide. Such

leaders shall be elected at primary elections as herein provided, within

every county in such city for each assembly district, or for each part

of an assembly district within such county as may be designated for the

purpose in the rules of the county committee, and in every county of the

state outside of such city where the rules so provide, for such assembly

district or part thereof within such county as may be designated in such

rules for the purpose. Such assembly district leaders or such assembly

district leader and associate assembly district leader shall be of

different genders, if the rules of the county committee shall so

provide, and shall be enrolled voters of the party residing within the

assembly district and, if the rules of the county committee shall so

provide, within the part of the assembly district for which they are to

be elected, and shall be elected at the same primary election and for

the same term as members of the county committee. When any such rule

provides for representation by gender, the designating petitions and

primary ballots shall list candidates for such party positions

separately by gender marker. In providing for such representation, the

county committee shall establish rules that provide for the ability of

individuals who do not exclusively identify as a binary gender to serve

as district leader and which respect individuals' gender identity. Each

shall perform such duties, powers and functions as the rules of the

county committee may prescribe. Vacancies in such positions shall be

filled by the members of the county committee within the assembly

district or part thereof, as the case may be, until the first primary

election following the creation of such vacancy or vacancies for which

the period for circulating designating petitions ends at least seven

days after the creation of such vacancy or vacancies, at which time the

successor or successors shall be directly elected as herein provided.

Assembly district leaders and associate assembly district leaders shall

automatically be members and shall have the right to participate and

vote in meetings of the county committee or any subcommittee thereof.

The county committee may provide by its rules that the members of the

state committee, elected in accordance with the provisions of this

chapter, shall possess the duties, powers and functions of an assembly

district leader or an associate assembly district leader. In such event

the provisions of this section shall not apply to the members of the

state committee but upon their election as a member of the state

committee, such person shall be deemed to have also been elected as an

assembly district leader or an associate assembly district leader.

3. To be eligible for election as assembly district leader or

associate assembly district leader at the first election next ensuing

after a readjustment or alteration of the units of representation

becomes effective, a candidate must only have been a resident of the

county in which the unit, or any part thereof, is contained for the

twelve months immediately preceding the election.