Governor Cuomo has set a special election date for two vacant state Assembly seats and one vacant state Senate seat. Elections will be held on April 19, 2016, aligning with the date for New York’s presidential primary.

Elections will fill vacant seats in Assembly District 59 following the election of former Representative Roxanne Persaud’s to the state Senate, as well as in Assembly District 65 and Senate District 9 following the criminal convictions of former Representative Sheldon Silver and former Senator Dean Skelos.