2022 New York Laws
ELN - Election
Article 8 - Conduct of Elections
Title 1 - Polling Places
8-100 - Elections; Dates of and Hours for Voting.

§  8-100.  Elections; dates of and hours for voting. 1.  (a) A primary
election shall be held on  the  fourth  Tuesday  in  June  before  every
general  election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature.
Members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders
and associate district leaders and  all  other  party  positions  to  be
elected  shall be elected at such primary and all nominations for public
office required to be made at a primary election in such year  shall  be
made  at  such  primary. In each year in which electors of president and
vice president of the United States are  to  be  elected  an  additional
primary  election,  to  be known as the spring primary, shall be held on
the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of  the
legislature,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  delegates to the national
convention.
  (b) In the event a run-off primary election is required in the city of
New York, it shall be held on the fourth  Tuesday  next  succeeding  the
date on which the initial primary election was held.
  (c)  The  general  election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next
succeeding the first Monday in November.
  2. Polls shall be open  for  voting  during  the  following  hours:  a
primary  election  from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in
the evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning  until
nine  o'clock  in the evening; a special election called by the governor
pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as  otherwise  provided
by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
o'clock in the evening; early voting hours shall be as provided in title
six  of this article. Early voting times shall be as provided in section
8-600 of this article.
  3. In any election district  in  which  a  primary  of  any  party  is
uncontested,  no  primary  of  such party shall be held. In any election
district in which the primaries of all parties are  uncontested  on  the
day  of any primary election, no primaries shall be held on such day and
the polling place shall not be opened for voting.
  4. No primary, special or general election  for  any  state  or  local
office  or  for  the  election  of  officers of any corporation which is
funded in whole or in part by federal, state or municipal  moneys  shall
be held on a Saturday or Sunday.