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A10767 Summary:

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Amd §6-136, El L
 
Reduces the amount of signatures needed for a person to be nominated for the office of member of the city council to four hundred fifty signatures to be aligned with city law.
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A10767 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10767
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 1, 2026
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. POWERS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to nominating petitions
          for members of the city council
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (c-1) of subdivision 2 of section 6-136 of the
     2  election law, as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (c-1)  For  any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the
     5  voters of any city council district, [nine hundred] four  hundred  fifty
     6  signatures;
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14914-02-6
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