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Assembly Bill A8957A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires a special election to fill a vacant supervisor position in towns with a population of six hundred thousand or more

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2025-A8957 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89, Town L

2025-A8957 - Summary

Provides that where a supervisor in a town with a population of six hundred thousand or more vacates their position before the end of their term, a special election shall occur in order to fill such vacant supervisor position.

2025-A8957 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8957
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BURROUGHS, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the  town  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  a  special
   election to fill a vacant supervisor position in certain towns
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a new section 89 to  read
 as follows:
   §  89. SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR SUPERVISORS IN TOWNS WITH A POPULATION OF
 TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
 SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IN
 A  TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE, WHERE A
 SUPERVISOR HAS VACATED SUCH POSITION BEFORE THE END OF THEIR TERM, THERE
 SHALL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TO  FILL  SUCH  VACANCY.  SUCH  SPECIAL
 ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON A TUESDAY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13554-02-5

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2025-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89, Town L

2025-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that where a supervisor in a town with a population of six hundred thousand or more vacates their position before the end of their term, a special election shall occur in order to fill such vacant supervisor position.

2025-A8957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8957--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BURROUGHS, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee  on
   Local  Governments  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  town  law,  in  relation to requiring a special
   election to fill a vacant supervisor position in certain towns
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The town law is amended by adding a new section 89 to read
 as follows:
   § 89. SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR SUPERVISORS IN TOWNS WITH A POPULATION  OF
 THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION FIVE
 OF SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,
 IN  A  TOWN  WITH  A POPULATION OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE, WHERE A
 SUPERVISOR HAS VACATED SUCH POSITION BEFORE THE END OF THEIR TERM, THERE
 SHALL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TO  FILL  SUCH  VACANCY.  SUCH  SPECIAL
 ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON A TUESDAY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13554-05-6

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