Int. No. 730
By Council Member Kallos
Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to alternate eligibility for designation or nomination of a candidate for an elected office of the city
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1057-b of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
a. The number of signatures required for any designating petition or independent nominating petition for the designation or nomination of a candidate for an elected office of the city shall be governed by applicable provisions of the New York state election law, except that in no event shall the number of signatures required exceed the following limits:
(1) for the offices of mayor, comptroller, or public advocate, three
thousand seven hundred fifty signatures;
(2) for the office of borough president, two thousand signatures; [and]
(3) for the office of member of the city council, four hundred fifty
Signatures[.]; and
(4) for the offices of mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president, or member of the city council, zero signatures, where the candidate has met the requirements set forth in section 1057-g of this chapter.
? 2. Chapter 46 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1057-g to read as follows:
? 1057-g. Designation or nomination; alternate eligibility method. a. The method by which a candidate may qualify to be on a ballot for an elected office of the city shall be governed by applicable provisions of the New York state election law and section 1057-b of this chapter, except that as an alternative to meeting the requirements set forth in the New York state election law and in section 1057-b of this chapter a candidate for an elected office of the city may qualify to be on the ballot by raising funds sufficient to meet the minimum threshold set forth for such office pursuant to subdivision...
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