2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters › Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment › 5-208 - Transfer of Registration and Enrollment.

§  5-208.  Transfer  of  registration  and enrollment. 1. The board of
  elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment  of  any  voter
  appearing  on  a  statewide  voter  list  pursuant to subdivision one of
  section 5-614 of this article for whom it receives a notice of change of
  address to another address in New York  state,  or  for  any  voter  who
  submits a ballot in an affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a
  new  address. Such notices shall include, but not be limited to, notices
  received from any state  agency  which  conducts  a  voter  registration
  program  pursuant  to the provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this
  title, that the voter has notified such agency of a change of address in
  New York state unless the  voter  has  indicated  that  such  change  of
  address  is  not  for  voter registration purposes, notices of change of
  address from the United  States  Postal  Service  through  the  National
  Change  of  Address  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail
  sent to a voter by the board of elections and  returned  by  the  postal
  service,  national  or  state  voter  registration  forms,  confirmation
  mailing  response  cards,  United  States  Postal  Service  notices   to
  correspondents  of change of address, applications for registration from
  persons already registered in New York state, or any  other  notices  to
  correspondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.
2.  Upon  receipt  of  such  a  notice,  the  board  shall compare the
  signature (if any) and other information with the  signature  and  other
  information  on  the  registration record on file. If such signature and
  other information appears to be correct,  the  board  shall  change  the
  address of the voter in all the records of such board.
3.  If  such  a  notice  is  received  at  least fifteen days before a
  primary, special or general election, such change  of  address  must  be
  completed before such election.
4.   If  such  application  for  registration  from  a  voter  already
  registered in New York state also reflects a change of  enrollment,  the
  board  of  elections  shall treat such application as an application for
  change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304 of this article.
5. As soon as practicable, after it transfers a voter's  registration,
  the  board of elections shall send the voter, by forwardable first class
  or return postage guaranteed mail, a notice advising him of the transfer
  in a form which is  similar  to  the  notice  sent  to  new  registrants
  pursuant  to the provisions of section 5-210 of this title and which has
  been approved by the state board of elections. If the notice  of  change
  of  address  did  not  contain  the voter's signature, such notice shall
  include a postage paid return card, in a form prescribed  by  the  state
  board of elections, on which the voter may notify the board of elections
  of  any  correction of address, together with a statement on such notice
  and on the return card that the voter should return such  card  only  if
  the  address  to  which  the  notice was sent is not the voter's current
  address.
6. If a notice sent pursuant to subdivision five of  this  section  is
  returned by the postal service as undeliverable and without a forwarding
  address,  the  board  of elections shall return the registration of such
  voter to the original address, send such  voter  a  confirmation  notice
  pursuant  to  the provisions of subdivision one of section 5-712 of this
  title and place such voter in inactive status.
7. The board of elections shall preserve such  notices  of  change  of
  address for as long as registration records are otherwise required to be
  preserved  or,  if the computer readable records maintained by the board
  of elections include a complete copy of such  notice,  the  board  shall
  preserve  the original notice for a period of at least two years or such
  longer period as the state board of elections may require.
8. If the board of elections receives notice of a  change  of  address
  within  New  York  state  from,  or  with  respect  to,  a person who it
  determines is not registered in New York state, it shall forthwith  send
  such  person  a  notice  to  that effect in a form approved by the state
  board of elections at the new address set forth in such notice of change
  of address, together with a voter registration form.
9. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations as to the
  procedures for transferring a voter from one county to another.