N.Y. Election Law § 6-116: Party nominations; election to fill a vacancy

§ 6-116. Party nominations; election to fill a vacancy. A party

nomination of a candidate for election to fill a vacancy in an elective

office required to be filled at the next general election, occurring

after seven days before the last day for circulating designating

petitions or after the holding of the meeting or convention to nominate

or designate candidates for such, shall be made, after the day of the

primary election, by a majority vote of a quorum of the state committee

if the vacancy occurs in an office to be filled by all voters of the

state, and otherwise by a majority vote of a quorum of the members of a

county committee or committees last elected in the political subdivision

in which such vacancy is to be filled, or by a majority of such other

committee as the rules of the party may provide. A certificate of

nomination shall be filed as provided for herein.