{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-3-c","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Officers Law § 3-c","heading":"Restrictions upon nomination or election to compensated federal, state or local office","body":"§ 3-c. Restrictions upon nomination or election to compensated\nfederal, state or local office. 1. For purposes of this section,\n\"candidate\" has the meaning set forth in section 14-100 of the election\nlaw.\n  2. No commissioner, executive director or other head of any state\nagency, as that term is defined in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of\nsection seventy-three of this chapter, shall seek nomination or election\nto any compensated federal, state or local public office, or shall\nbecome a candidate for such office, unless such individual first resigns\nfrom his or her public employment, or requests and is granted by their\nappointing authority a leave of absence without pay. Such resignation or\nleave must commence before such individual engages in any campaign\nactivities, including but not limited to, announcing a candidacy,\ncirculating petitions, soliciting contributions, distributing\nliterature, or taking any other action to actively promote oneself as a\ncandidate for elective office.","path":["Public Officers Law","Article 2. Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBO/3-C","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"4a762a302b97050a1a26d17cbfffd86cfc5de5205727fb2674189914eaef2a71","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-3-b","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}