N.Y. Elec. Law § 2-110

§ 2-110. Committees other than state and county; creation. 1. All\ncommittees other than state and county committees shall be formed in the\nmanner provided for by the rules of the party.\n 2. In the city of New York there shall be the party positions of\nassembly district leaders or, if the rules of the county committee shall\nso provide, one assembly district leader and one associate assembly\ndistrict leader. Outside the city of New York there shall be such\npositions when the rules of the county committee shall so provide. Such\nleaders shall be elected at primary elections as herein provided, within\nevery county in such city for each assembly district, or for each part\nof an assembly district within such county as may be designated for the\npurpose in the rules of the county committee, and in every county of the\nstate outside of such city where the rules so provide, for such assembly\ndistrict or part thereof within such county as may be designated in such\nrules for the purpose. Such assembly district leaders or such assembly\ndistrict leader and associate assembly district leader shall be of\nopposite sexes, if the rules of the county committee shall so provide,\nand shall be enrolled voters of the party residing within the assembly\ndistrict and, if the rules of the county committee shall so provide,\nwithin the part of the assembly district for which they are to be\nelected, and shall be elected at the same primary election and for the\nsame term as members of the county committee. When any such rule\nprovides for equal representation of sexes, the designating petitions\nand primary ballots shall list candidates for such party positions\nseparately by sexes. Each shall perform such duties, powers and\nfunctions as the rules of the county committee may prescribe. Vacancies\nin such positions shall be filled by the members of the county committee\nwithin the assembly district or part thereof, as the case may be, until\nthe first primary election following the creation of such vacancy or\nvacancies for which the period for circulating designating petitions\nends at least seven days after the creation of such vacancy or\nvacancies, at which time the successor or successors shall be directly\nelected as herein provided. Assembly district leaders and associate\nassembly district leaders shall automatically be members and shall have\nthe right to participate and vote in meetings of the county committee or\nany subcommittee thereof. The county committee may provide by its rules\nthat the members of the state committee, elected in accordance with the\nprovisions of this chapter, shall possess the duties, powers and\nfunctions of an assembly district leader or an associate assembly\ndistrict leader. In such event the provisions of this section shall not\napply to the members of the state committee but upon his election as a\nmember of the state committee, such person shall be deemed to have also\nbeen elected as an assembly district leader or an associate assembly\ndistrict leader.\n 3. To be eligible for election as assembly district leader or\nassociate assembly district leader at the first election next ensuing\nafter a readjustment or alteration of the units of representation\nbecomes effective, a candidate must only have been a resident of the\ncounty in which the unit, or any part thereof, is contained for the\ntwelve months immediately preceding the election.\n