N.Y. Election Law § 6-142: Independent nominations; number of signatures

§ 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An

independent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all

the voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand

voters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and

void ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial

election, whichever is less, of whom at least five hundred, or one

percent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of

one-half of the congressional districts of the State.

2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates

for an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit

must be signed by voters numbering five per centum of the total number

of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election in such

unit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not more than three

thousand five hundred signatures shall be required upon any such

petition for any office to be filled in any political subdivision of the

state wholly outside the city of New York, and not more than the

following numbers of signatures shall be required upon any such petition

for the following public offices respectively:

(a) for any office to be filled in any county or portion thereof

outside the city of New York, one thousand five hundred;

(b) for any office to be filled by all the voters of the city of New

York, seven thousand five hundred;

(b-1) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any two

counties in such city, four thousand;

(c) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or

borough in such city, four thousand;

(d) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any municipal

court district, three thousand signatures;

(d-1) for any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the

voters of any city council district, two thousand seven hundred;

(e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional

district, three thousand five hundred;

(f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state

senatorial district, three thousand;

(g) for any office to be filled by all the voters of an assembly

district, one thousand five hundred;

(h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five

hundred;

(i) for any office to be filled by the voters of any political

subdivision contained within another political subdivision except as

herein otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures

required for the larger subdivision.