N.Y. Elec. Law § 4-117

§ 4-117. Check of registrants and information notice by mail. 1. The\nboard of elections, between August first and August fifth of each year,\nshall send by first class mail on which is endorsed "ADDRESS CORRECTION\nREQUESTED" and which contains a request that any such mail received for\npersons not residing at the address be dropped back in the mail, a\ncommunication, in a form approved by the state board of elections, to\nevery registered voter who has been registered without a change of\naddress since the beginning of such year, except that the board of\nelections shall not be required to send such communications to voters in\ninactive status. The communication shall notify the voter of the days\nand hours of the ensuing primary and general elections, the place where\nhe appears by his registration records to be entitled to vote, the fact\nthat voters who have moved or will have moved from the address where\nthey were last registered must re-register or, that if such move was to\nanother address in the same county or city, that such voter may either\nnotify the board of elections of his new address or vote by paper ballot\nat the polling place for his new address even if such voter has not\nre-registered, or otherwise notified the board of elections of the\nchange of address. If the location of the polling place for the voter's\nelection district has been moved, the communication shall contain the\nfollowing legend in bold type: "YOUR POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN CHANGED. YOU\nNOW VOTE AT..........". The communication shall also indicate whether\nthe polling place is accessible to physically disabled voters, that a\nvoter who will be out of the city or county on the day of the primary or\ngeneral election or a voter who is ill or physically disabled may obtain\nan absentee ballot, that a physically disabled voter whose polling place\nis not accessible may request that his registration record be moved to\nan election district which has a polling place which is accessible, the\nphone number to call for applications to move a registration record or\nfor absentee ballot applications, the phone number to call for the\nlocation of registration and polling places, the phone number to call to\nindicate that the voter is willing to serve on election day as an\nelection inspector, poll clerk, interpreter or in other capacities, the\nphone number to call to obtain an application for registration by mail,\nand such other information concerning the elections or registration as\nthe board may include. In lieu of sending such communication to every\nregistered voter, the board of elections may send a single communication\nto a household containing more than one registered voter, provided that\nthe names of all such voters appear as part of the address on such\ncommunication.\n 2. Whenever a ballot proposal is to be submitted to the people for\napproval at any election, the board of elections may send to every\nregistered voter, by the same mail containing the communication required\nby this section, a copy of the abstract of such ballot proposal.\n 3. Each year, in the month of December, the commissioners of every\nlocal board of elections shall file with the state board of elections,\non a form provided therefor by such state board, a statement setting\nforth the approximate number of communications mailed pursuant to the\nrequirements of this section and the approximate number of such\ncommunications returned by the post office. Such statement shall be\nsworn or subscribed to and bear a form notice that false statements made\ntherein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section\n210.45 of the penal law. The failure of a local board of elections to\nfile such a certificate in any year, within the time prescribed, shall\ncreate a presumption that such board of elections did not mail such\ncommunications in such year. Not later than January thirty-first of each\nyear, the state board of elections shall publish a chart listing, by\ncounty, the numbers contained in the certificates required to be filed\nby each local board of elections in December of the previous year\npursuant to the provisions of this subdivision.\n