§ 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An
independent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all
the voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand
voters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and
void ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial
election, whichever is less, of whom at least five hundred, or one
percent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of
one-half of the congressional districts of the State.

2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates
for an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit
must be signed by voters numbering five per centum of the total number
of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election in such
unit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not more than three
thousand five hundred signatures shall be required upon any such
petition for any office to be filled in any political subdivision of the
state wholly outside the city of New York, and not more than the
following numbers of signatures shall be required upon any such petition
for the following public offices respectively:

(a) for any office to be filled in any county or portion thereof
outside the city of New York, one thousand five hundred;

(b) for any office to be filled by all the voters of the city of New
York, seven thousand five hundred;

(b-1) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any two
counties in such city, four thousand;

(c) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or
borough in such city, four thousand;

(d) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any municipal
court district, three thousand signatures;

(d-1) for any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the
voters of any city council district, two thousand seven hundred;

(e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
district, three thousand five hundred;

(f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state
senatorial district, three thousand;

(g) for any office to be filled by all the voters of an assembly
district, one thousand five hundred;

(h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five
hundred;

(i) for any office to be filled by the voters of any political
subdivision contained within another political subdivision except as
herein otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures
required for the larger subdivision.