New York A 8970: Relates to sick leave for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center condition; repealer

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A08970 Summary:

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Provides that a person designated as a candidate for two or more party nominations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may decline a nomination not later than the last day to certify the ballot or to determine the candidates and questions that shall appear on the ballot; relates to the timing for certain candidates to decline a designation or nomination under certain circumstances.

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BILL NOA08970 

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08/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8970

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. YEGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the timing for a candi-
 date to decline a nomination

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 7 of
 2 section 6-146 of the election law, subdivision 6 as added by chapter 276
 3 of the laws of 2021 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 7 as added
 4 by chapter 178 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 6. A person designated as a candidate for two or more party nomi-
 6 nations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who
 7 is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may
 8 decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than [ten days
 9 after the primary election] the last day to certify the ballot pursuant
 10 to section 4-112 of this chapter or to determine the candidates duly
 11 nominated for public office and the questions that shall appear on the
 12 ballot pursuant to section 4-114 of this chapter.
 13 A person designated as a candidate for nomination or for party posi-
 14 tion, or nominated for an office, may, in a certificate signed and
 15 acknowledged by such person and filed no later than the last day to
 16 certify the ballot pursuant to section 4-110 or section 4-112 of this
 17 chapter or the last day to determine the candidates duly nominated for
 18 public office and the questions that shall appear on the ballot pursuant
 19 to section 4-114 of this chapter, decline the designation or nomination
 20 under the following circumstances:
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13444-01-5

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