N.Y. Public Officers Law § 3-c: Restrictions upon nomination or election to compensated federal, state or local office

§ 3-c. Restrictions upon nomination or election to compensated

federal, state or local office. 1. For purposes of this section,

"candidate" has the meaning set forth in section 14-100 of the election

law.

2. No commissioner, executive director or other head of any state

agency, as that term is defined in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of

section seventy-three of this chapter, shall seek nomination or election

to any compensated federal, state or local public office, or shall

become a candidate for such office, unless such individual first resigns

from his or her public employment, or requests and is granted by their

appointing authority a leave of absence without pay. Such resignation or

leave must commence before such individual engages in any campaign

activities, including but not limited to, announcing a candidacy,

circulating petitions, soliciting contributions, distributing

literature, or taking any other action to actively promote oneself as a

candidate for elective office.