| Election Name: | 1970 New York gubernatorial election |
| Country: | New York |
| Flag Image: | Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1966 New York gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1966 |
| Next Election: | 1974 New York gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1970 |
| Image1: | File:Nelson Rockefeller in 1974.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | Civil Service Independent |
| Running Mate1: | Malcolm Wilson |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,151,432 |
| Percentage1: | 52.4% |
| Nominee2: | Arthur Goldberg |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Liberal |
| Running Mate2: | Basil Paterson |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,421,426 |
| Percentage2: | 40.3% |
| Image3: | File:3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | Paul L. Adams |
| Party3: | Conservative Party of New York State |
| Running Mate3: | Edward F. Leonard |
| Popular Vote3: | 422,514 |
| Percentage3: | 7.0% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Nelson Rockefeller |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1970 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York. Incumbent Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller defeated the Democratic nominee, former UN Ambassador and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, by more than ten percentage points. On January 1, 1971, Rockefeller was sworn in for his fourth term as governor. Rockefeller received over 3.15 million votes in total, the highest total in any New York gubernatorial election until Andrew Cuomo received 3.64 million in 2018.
Goldberg's running mate, Basil Paterson, was the first African-American nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York. His son, David Paterson, would become the first African-American lieutenant governor of New York. Paterson would serve as governor of New York from 2008 to 2010 after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer.
After this election, no Republican would be elected Governor of New York until George Pataki in 1994.