2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 4 - Proceedings Preliminary to Registration, Enrollment and Elections › 4-120 - Notices of General, Village and Special Elections; Publication Of.

§   4-120.   Notices   of  general,  village  and  special  elections;
  publication of. 1. The board of elections shall publish once in each  of
  the  two  weeks  preceding  a  general election, or a special or village
  election conducted by the board of elections, a  notice  specifying  the
  day of the election, and the public officers to be voted for within such
  county,  or  any  part  thereof at such election. The board of elections
  shall, as soon as practicable, but not less than two weeks prior to  any
  special  election, prominently display on its website the date and hours
  of the election, the offices to be voted on in the  county,  part  of  a
  county, or the city of New York, and a link to any poll site information
  or  poll location tools, where available. Such information shall also be
  made available  to  local  governments,  municipalities,  and  community
  boards  for  publication  on  any  public-facing  internet  website, web
  application, web domain  or  digital  application,  including  a  social
  network  or  search  engine,  to  the  extent  that  such publication is
  practicable. If  constitutional  amendments,  or  questions  are  to  be
  submitted  to  the voters of the state, the notice shall state that fact
  and that a copy of each such amendment or question may  be  obtained  at
  the  board  of elections, by any voter. Such publication shall be in two
  newspapers published within the county. If the county contains a city or
  cities, at least one of such newspapers shall be published in the  city,
  or the largest city, if there be more than one.
In the case of a village election, such publication shall be made in a
  newspaper  of  general  circulation in such village and shall include an
  abstract of any proposition to be voted upon at such election.
2. The board or body authorized to designate places for voting in  any
  town  or  in  any  city, except the city of New York, may publish on the
  publication day immediately preceding election day, in  a  newspaper  or
  newspapers  designated  by such board or body, a notice of the election,
  and the village clerk shall publish at  least  ten  days  prior  to  any
  village  election  conducted by the board of elections in a newspaper of
  general circulation in such village a list of the  polling  places,  the
  date  and  hours  of  election  and,  at the discretion of such board or
  clerk, a brief description of the boundaries of each election  district.
  Such  list  shall  identify  those  polling  places which do not provide
  access to handicapped voters. The amount to be  paid  for  any  of  such
  publications shall be at the rate prescribed by section seventy-a of the
  public  officers law. In no publication, however, shall any type smaller
  than agate be used. The amount to be  paid  for  all  such  publications
  shall be a town, city or village charge.
3. The board of elections of the city of New York shall publish on the
  eighth  day before and the day before each general election, in at least
  two newspapers in such city, a notice, at least one-half page  in  size,
  in  English  and  such  other languages as such board deems appropriate,
  which sets forth the dates and hours  of  the  election  and  the  phone
  number  to  call  for  information about the location of polling places,
  their accessibility to the handicapped, applications for early mail  and
  absentee   ballots  and  any  other  subjects  which  such  board  deems
  appropriate.