Int 1192-2013
Eliminating run-off elections for the offices of public advocate and comptroller.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2013-11-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2013-11-14Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2013-11-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2013-11-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2013-11-21 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2013-11-21 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2013-11-21 · 2:00 PM · Senate Hearing Room – 250 Broadway, 19th Floor
City Council · 2013-11-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
�1. Chapter 46 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1057-c to read as follows:
� 1057-c No Runoff Elections for Public Advocate and Comptroller.
a. Notwithstanding section 6-162 of the New York state election law, the board of elections of the city of New York shall not conduct a run-off election for the office of public advocate or comptroller, even if no candidate for one or both such offices receives forty percent or more of the votes cast by the members of the political party for such office in a citywide primary election. The winner of a primary election for public advocate and comptroller shall be the candidate in each such primary election who receives the greatest number of votes.
�2. This local law shall take effect immediately following its ratification by the voters of this city in a referendum to be held in the general election next following its enactment.
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