2006 New York Code - Executive power; election and terms of governor and lieutenant-governor.

 
                                 ARTICLE IV
 
                                  Executive
    Section  1.  The  executive power shall be vested in the governor, who
  shall hold office for  four  years;  the  lieutenant-governor  shall  be
  chosen  at  the  same  time,  and  for  the  same term. The governor and
  lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in  the
  year  nineteen  hundred  thirty-eight,  and each fourth year thereafter.
  They shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of  a  single
  vote  applicable  to  both  offices,  and  the  legislature by law shall
  provide for making such choice in such manner.  The  respective  persons
  having  the  highest  number of votes cast jointly for them for governor
  and lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected.