Art. IV, § 2
Qualifications of governor and lieutenant-governor
Structure
The Governor & Executive
Art. IV · Executive
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No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant-governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next preceding the election a resident of this state.
Simplified explanation
Only a citizen of the United States, at least thirty years old, who has been a resident of New York for the five years before the election may be governor or lieutenant-governor.