N.Y. Elec. Law § 4-128

§ 4-128. Supplies; furnished by board of elections or city, town or\nvillage clerk. 1. The board of elections of each county shall provide\nthe requisite number of official and facsimile ballots, two cards of\ninstruction to voters in the form prescribed by the state board of\nelections, at least one copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors,\na sufficient number of maps, street finders or other descriptions of all\nof the polling places and election districts within the political\nsubdivision in which the polling place is located to enable the election\ninspectors and poll clerks to determine the correct election district\nand polling place for each street address within the political\nsubdivision in which the polling place is located, distance markers,\ntally sheets and return blanks, pens, black ink, or ball point pens with\nblack ink, pencils having black lead, envelopes for the ballots of\nvoters whose registration poll records are not in the ledger or whose\nnames are not on the computer generated registration list, envelopes for\nreturns, identification buttons, badges or emblems for the inspectors\nand clerks in the form prescribed by the state board of elections and\nsuch other articles of stationery as may be necessary for the proper\nconduct of elections, except that when a town, city or village holds an\nelection not conducted by the board of elections, the clerk of such\ntown, city or village, shall provide such official and facsimile ballots\nand the necessary blanks, supplies and stationery for such election.\n 2. If the official ballots required to be furnished by any board or\nofficer shall not be delivered to such board or officer at the time\nrequired, or if after delivery shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, such\nboard or officer shall cause other ballots to be prepared as nearly in\nthe form of the official ballots as practicable, and delivered to the\ninspectors of election. Such ballots shall be known as unofficial\nballots. Sample ballots of each kind shall be printed on paper of a\ndifferent color from any of the official ballots and without numbers on\nthe stubs, but in all other respects precisely similar to the official\nballots.\n