About Mayor
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Partisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for Mayor
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
Every person elected or appointed to office shall possess qualifications prescribed by § 3 of the Public Officers Law. No person shall be eligible to the office of either Mayor or Comptroller or City Councilman or City Judge or County Legislator, unless he has been a resident elector of the City during a period of three years before such election.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- 1,000 signatures or 5% of the district's registered voters affiliated with the party whose nomination you are seeking (whichever is lesser)
- Filing period
- May 18, 2027 - May 25, 2027
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Board of Elections' office.
- Where to file
- 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
- Filing phone
- 914-995-2000
- Step 3
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