{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-aa","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Charter § 1057-aa","heading":"Section 1057-aa. Definitions and applicability of the election law.","body":"a. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:\n\nMunicipal election. The term \"municipal election\" means any general, primary, or run-off election for a municipal office, any special election for a municipal office including but not limited to any election in which all candidates are nominated by independent nominating petition pursuant to the charter, and any municipal referendum.\n\nMunicipal office. The term \"municipal office\" means the offices of mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and council member.\n\nMunicipal referendum. The term \"municipal referendum\" means an election for the approval of a local law, as defined in section 2 of the municipal home role law, submitted to the voters of the city of New York.\n\nMunicipal voter. The term \"municipal voter\" means a person who is not a United States citizen on the date of the election on which he or she is voting, who is either a lawful permanent resident or authorized to work in the United States, who is a resident of New York city and will have been such a resident for 30 consecutive days or longer by the date of such election, who meets all qualifications for registering or pre-registering to vote under the election law, except for possessing United States citizenship, and who has registered or pre-registered to vote with the board of elections in the city of New York under this chapter.\n\nMunicipal voter registration. The term \"municipal voter registration\" means the method by which the board of elections in the city of New York registers or pre-registers new municipal voters pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.\n\nMunicipal voting. The term \"municipal voting\" means the processes required under this chapter that facilitate municipal voter registration and voting by municipal voters in municipal elections.\n\nNew York state board of elections voter registration application. The term \"New York state board of elections voter registration application\" means the application used by the New York state board of elections to register or pre-register voters under title two of article five of the New York state election law.\n\nResident of New York city. The term \"resident of New York city\" means a person who resides within the city of New York.\n\nU.S. citizen voter. The term \"U.S. citizen voter\" means a person who meets all qualifications for registering or pre-registering to vote under the election law including possessing United States citizenship.\n\nb. Municipal voting, as set forth in this chapter, shall be governed by applicable provisions of the election law, except that the provisions of the election law set forth in this chapter, as amended from time to time, and any successor provisions, shall apply as modified herein. References to the sections modified in this chapter shall be deemed to refer to such sections as they are so modified when and to the extent that they apply to municipal voting. References to provisions of the election law in this chapter shall be deemed to refer to any successor provisions. Provisions of the election law not specified in this chapter shall apply to municipal voting, provided however that such provisions shall not be construed to prevent or impede the application of this chapter.\n\n(L.L. 2022/011, 1/9/2022, eff. 12/9/2022)","path":["New York City Charter","Chapter 46-A: Voting by Lawful Permanent Residents and Persons Authorized to Work in the United States"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Charter/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:59Z","sha256":"3d7da6025c4385dce0f28aac481ba38d0914aaba05884e52220e1586f24329e0","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":true,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-g","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-bb"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}