Section 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 fifteen thousand
  voters, of whom at least one hundred 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.