A8957 • 2025

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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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Noah Burroughs
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

2026-04-30 Assembly
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
2026-04-30 Assembly
PRINT NUMBER 8957A
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
2025-08-11 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          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:

     1    Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a new section 89 to  read
     2  as follows:
     3    §  89. SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR SUPERVISORS IN TOWNS WITH A POPULATION OF
     4  TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
     5  SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IN
     6  A  TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE, WHERE A
     7  SUPERVISOR HAS VACATED SUCH POSITION BEFORE THE END OF THEIR TERM, THERE
     8  SHALL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TO  FILL  SUCH  VACANCY.  SUCH  SPECIAL
     9  ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON A TUESDAY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
    10    § 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