N.Y. Elec. Law § 6-104

§ 6-104. Party designation; statewide office. 1. Party designation of\na candidate for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of\nthe entire state shall be made by the state committee.\n 2. The state committee shall make a decision by majority vote. The\nperson receiving the majority vote shall be the party's designated\ncandidate for nomination, and all other persons who shall have received\ntwenty-five percent or more of the vote cast on any ballot shall have\nthe right to make written demand, duly acknowledged, to the state board\nof elections that their names appear on the primary ballot as candidates\nfor such nomination. Such demand shall be made not later than seven days\nafter such meeting and may be withdrawn in the same manner within\nfourteen days after such meeting.\n 3. In the absence of a party rule forming and designating the members\nof a committee to fill any vacancy in designations which may occur after\nthe state committee has adjourned its meeting and before the primary\nelection, the state committee shall also enact a resolution forming such\na committee and selecting the members of same.\n 4. Upon the vote for such designation, each member of the state\ncommittee shall be entitled to cast a number of votes which shall be in\naccordance with the ratio which the number of votes cast for the party\ncandidate for governor on the line or column of the party at the last\npreceding general state election in the unit of representation of such\nmember bears to the total vote cast on such line or column at such\nelection for such candidate in the entire state. The apportionment of\nsuch votes as so prescribed shall be determined by the rules of the\nparty.\n 5. Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by\npetition for a member of the same party.\n * 6. The meeting of the state committee for the purpose of designating\ncandidates shall be held not earlier than twenty-one days before the\nfirst day to sign designating petitions and not later than the first day\nto sign designating petitions for the primary election, provided,\nhowever, that in the year two thousand fourteen, such meeting shall be\nheld not earlier than May thirteenth, two thousand fourteen and not\nlater than June third, two thousand fourteen.\n * NB Effective until September 10, 2014\n * 6. The meeting of the state committee for the purpose of designating\ncandidates shall be held not earlier than twenty-one days before the\nfirst day to sign designating petitions and not later than the first day\nto sign designating petitions for the primary election.\n * NB Effective September 10, 2014\n 7. Within four days after such meeting, the state committee shall file\nwith the state board of elections.\n (a) The names of persons who have received the designation of the\nstate committee and the offices for which designated, and the name of\neach person who received twenty-five percent or more, of the vote on any\nballot and the offices for which they received such vote.\n (b) The names of the persons selected as the committee to fill\nvacancies or a certified copy of the party rule forming and empowering\nsuch a committee to fill vacancies.\n 8. No person may be designated by a state committee for more than one\nstatewide office pursuant to the provisions of this section.\n