N.Y. Election Law § 6-152: Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at time of primary election

§ 6-152. Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at

time of primary election. If a vacancy shall occur in a designation of a

candidate for nomination or election at a primary election, caused by

the death or disqualification of a candidate subsequent to noon of the

seventh day before the primary election and prior to the closing of the

polls, such vacancy shall not be filled and the votes cast for such

deceased or disqualified candidate shall be canvassed and counted, and,

if he shall receive a plurality of the votes cast, another candidate may

thereafter be nominated or the vacancy filled as provided by law or the

rules of the party.