New York City Board of Elections

Board of Elections in the City of New York (NYCBOE)
Agency overview
JurisdictionNew York City
Headquarters32 Broadway
New York, New York
Employees920 (2020)[1]
Parent agencyNew York State Board of Elections
Key document
Websitevote.nyc

The Board of Elections in the City of New York (NYCBOE) conducts New York elections within New York City, United States. It is an administrative body of ten Commissioners, two from each borough upon recommendation by both political parties and then appointed by the New York City Council for a term of four years.

The NYCBOE has a longstanding history of nepotism and dysfunction.[2][3] The structure of the NYCBOE is enshrined in the New York state constitution.[2] One of New York state's last sources of patronage jobs,[4] the NYCBOE is run in a bipartisan manner, as each job position held by a Democrat must have a duplicated position for a Republican.[2] The staff in the organization are political appointees rather than professional staff.[2]

  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 New York City Government Workforce Profile Report". New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Retrieved February 13, 2023 – via shinyapp.io.
  2. ^ a b c d Rosenthal, Brian M.; Rothfeld, Michael (2020-10-26). "Inside Decades of Nepotism and Bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ Katie Glueck (June 29, 2021). "New York Mayor's Race in Chaos After Elections Board Counts 135,000 Test Ballots". New York Times. the Board of Elections, which has long been plagued by dysfunction and nepotism
  4. ^ Anne Barnard, Andy Newman & Dana Rubinstein, Many Try to Reform N.Y.C. Election Board. None Succeed., New York Times (June 30, 2021).