[Amended by Local Law No. 3-1936 (May 18, 1936); Local Law No. 1-1957 (March 6, 1957); Local Law No. 1-1987 (February 24, 1987); Local Law No. 1-1993 (March 2, 1993).]
The two Council members elected at the general city election
held in 1991 shall continue in office for the unexpired balance of
their present terms as if they had been elected from the Council Districts
established to include their respective residences as of March 2,
1993. At the general city election held in 1993, there shall be elected
one Council member from each of the other four Council Districts of
the city whose term of office shall be two years from the first day
of January 1994.
At the general city election held in 1995 and such election
in each fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected by the electors
of the city a Mayor whose term of office shall be four years from
the first day of January next following his or her election. At the
general city election held in 1995 and at such election in each fourth
year thereafter, there shall be elected one Council member from each
Council District of the city whose term of office shall be four years
from the first day of January next following his or her election.
General city elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years.
[Enacted by Local Law No. 1-1993 (March 2, 1993).]
There shall be elected a City Judge whose term of office shall
be 10 years, in conformity with the Uniform City Court Act.
[Enacted as Local Law No. 3-1936 (May 18, 1936).]
The Council shall make all needful rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this Charter or with general law for the conduct
of primaries and elections, for the prevention of fraud in either
and for the recount of the ballots in case of doubt or fraud. In all
respects not inconsistent with Sections 19 and 20 as herein renumbered
and amended, the Election Law of the state, together with any amendments
thereof, shall apply to the nomination and election of candidates
for any office.
[Repealed by Local Law No. 3-1946 (June 3, 1946).]