Legislation
INDEX L-Q
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Constitution (CNS) CHAPTER
INDEX
Art. Sec.
LABOR:
Collective bargaining, protection of
right.................................. 1 17
Commodity or article of commerce,
not to be considered 1 17
....................................... 1 18
Employees, lives, health and safety,
laws for protection.................... 9 2(c)
...................................... 13 14
Local governments, adoption and
amendment of local laws................ 9 2(c)
Organization, protection of right........ 1 17
Prison labor,
Contract system abolished.............. 3 24
Occupation and employment of prisoners. 3 24
Public works,
Days and hours, limitation............. 1 17
Prevailing rate of wages to be paid.... 1 17
Representatives, right of selection...... 1 17
Right to organize and bargain
collectively........................... 1 17
Workers' compensation, system, laws...... 1 18
LABOR DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
LABOR RELATIONS (see "Labor").
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES:
Right of selection by employees.......... 1 17
LABOR UNIONS (see "Labor").
LANDS:
Assessment and taxation of,
comptrollers powers.................... 5 1
Canal (see "Canals").
Drainage (see "Drainage", "Drainage
Systems").
Excess condemnation by cities and
counties for certain purposes.......... 1 7
Forest preserve (see "Conservation").
Lowlands and swamps, drainage by
private or local bill prohibited....... 3 17
Private roads,
Damage from opening, determination
by jury................................ 1 7
Necessity for opening, determination
by jury................................ 1 7
Opening, manner.......................... 1 7
Persons benefited to pay damage
and expense............................ 1 7
Swamp or agricultural, drainage,
Compensation for property taken........ 1 7
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Construction of drains, ditches
and dykes............................ 1 7
Private or local bills prohibited...... 3 17
Property, use.......................... 1 7
Use of ditches and dykes on lands
of others............................ 1 7
LARCENY:
Petit, prosecution by indictment
unnecessary............................ 1 6
LAW, DEPARTMENT OF:
Attorney-general to be head.............. 5 4
LAW, PRACTICE OF:
Prohibition in case of certain judges.... 6 20(b)(4)
LAW OF LAND:
Citizen not to be disenfranchised or
deprived of rights except by........... 1 1
LAW OF STATE (see "State").
LAWS:
Enactment................................ 3 13
Equal protection, guaranty............... 1 11
Existing law not to be made applicable
by reference........................... 3 16
Federal laws, reference thereto
authorized in cases of certain taxes... 3 22
Governor to execute faithfully........... 4 3
LEASES:
Canals, prohibition,..................... 15 1
Exceptions............................. 15 2
Forest preserves, prohibition............ 14 1
Low rent housing project, excess
property acquired...................... 18 8
Reforestation, lands acquired............ 14 3
Wild life conservation, lands acquired... 14 3
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS:
Annual, time for commencement............ 13 4
Extraordinary............................ 4 3
LEGISLATURE:
Absentee voting,
Generally.............................. 2 2
Actions and proceedings (see "Actions
and proceedings" under "Powers").
Additional surrogate, may provide........ 6 12(a)
Adjournment,
More than two days, consent of both
houses required...................... 3 10
No bill to become law after, without
approval by governor................. 4 7
Allowances to members for services as
officers or in special capacities...... 3 6
Annual meeting, time..................... 13 4
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Art. Sec.
Appeals (see "Appeals" under "Powers").
Appellate division (see "Appellate
division" under "Powers").
Appellate term (see "Appellate term
under "Powers").
Apportionment of assembly members (see
"Apportionment").
Appropriations (see also
"Appropriations"),
Bills,
Amendment or alteration when
submitted by governor.............. 7 4
Approval by governor, when required,
Appropriation bills, generally..... 4 7
................................. 7 6
Budget bills....................... 7 4,6
Appropriating public moneys for
local or private purposes,
two-thirds vote required........... 3 20
Certificate of necessity for
immediate passage of new bills..... 7 5
Effective after passage without
action by governor................. 7 4
Items, approval of some and
disapproval of others.............. 4 7
Passage over veto of items
objected to........................ 4 7
Restriction on consideration of
certain............................ 7 5
Restriction on content of certain.... 7 6
Separate bill for each
appropriation, when required,
exceptions......................... 7 6
Specification of sum, object and
purpose of appropriation,
requirement........................ 7 7
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing............................ 3 23
Two-thirds vote required for
passing certain.................... 3 20
Claims against state, appropriation
to pay............................... 3 19
Contribution to state sinking funds.... 7 16
Court on the judiciary, expenses....... 6 22(h)
Estimates by departments to governor... 7 1
..................................... 4 7
Governor, approval of appropriation
bills................................ 7 4,6
Housing, low rent, etc.,
appropriations from general fund..... 18 2
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Judiciary, appropriations,
Approval of bills by governor........ 7 4
Restrictions on amendment
inapplicable....................... 7 4
Legislature, appropriations,
Approval of bills by governor........ 7 4
Restrictions on amendment
inapplicable....................... 7 4
Moneys not to be paid out except by.... 7 7
New bill, restriction on consideration
prior to action on governor's
bills, exception..................... 7 5
Reforestation, appropriations.......... 14 3
State debts, payment,.................. 7 16
Failure to make, comptroller to set
apart revenues..................... 7 16
State sinking funds,................... 7 15
Failure to make, comptroller to
set apart revenues................. 7 16
Sums not to be fixed by reference
to other laws........................ 7 7
Supplemental appropriation bills,
Submission by governor............... 7 3
Support of government, separate
bills not required................. 7 6
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing.............................. 3 23
Time for payment....................... 7 7
Two-thirds vote required for passing
certain.............................. 3 20
Veto of items, reconsideration and
passage.............................. 4 7
Wild life conservation, appropriations. 14 3
Assembly (see "Assembly").
Assembly districts (see "Assembly
Districts").
Assembly members (see "Assembly
members").
Attorney-general, vacancy in office,
filling................................ 5 1
Banking, special charters, prohibition
against................................ 10 3
Betting on horse races, pari-mutuel,
authorization.......................... 1 9
LEGISLATURE:
Bills ((see also "Bills"),
Amendment by one house of bills passed
by other, ........................... 3 12
Not allowed on last reading............ 3 14
Appropriation (see "Bills" under
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"Legislature, Appropriations").
Approval by governor before becoming
law.................................. 4 7
Assent of majority of each house
required for passing................. 3 14
Ayes and nays on final passage, entry
on journal........................... 3 14
Claims or demands of state, bills
releasing, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Creation of debt, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Desks of members, to remain for three
calendar legislative days............ 3 14
Enacting clause........................ 3 13
Enactment of laws by bills only........ 3 13
Existing laws not to be made
applicable by reference 3 16
Failure of governor to return
within time allowed.................. 4 7
Final adjournment, no bill
to become law after, without
approval of governor................. 4 7
Final passage,
Ayes and nays to be taken............ 3 14
Conditions, exceptions............... 3 14
Majority vote required............... 3 14
Veto, passage over,
two-thirds vote required........... 4 7
Yeas and nays to be taken
on certain bills and entered
on journals........................ 3 23
Form, final, to be printed,
exception............................ 3 14
Governor, action after passage... 3 12
Introduction........................... 3 12
Journal, entry of ayes and nays
on final passage..................... 3 14
Last reading, no amendment permitted... 3 14
Law enacted only by bill............... 3 13
Law, existing, not to be made
applicable by reference.............. 3 16
Law, when bills to become, without
signature of governor................ (4 7
..................................... (5 4
Local (see "Private and local" under
"Legislature, Bills").
Messages required for passage
(see "Bills").
Origination in either house............ 3 12
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Passage (see "Final Passage" under
"Legislature, Bills").
Presentation to and approval by
governor............................. 4 7
Printing, requirement.................. 3 14
Private and local (see also "Local
Laws," "Special Laws"),
Cases in which not authorized...... 3 17
Embracing more than one subject
prohibited....................... 3 15
Statutory revision bills, excepted
from restrictions against........ 3 21
Title, subject matter to be
expressed........................ 3 15
Procedure for passing.................. 3 14
Reconsideration after veto........... 4 7
Statutory revisions, certain
restrictions inapplicable to
bills effecting.................... 3 21
Tax, three-fifths quorum required
for passage........................ 3 23
Time for approval by governor........ 4 7
Veto by governor,
Passage over veto upon
reconsideration.................. 4 7
Return to house of origin
with objections.................. 4 7
Vote required for final passage
(see "Bills").
Board of supervisors (see "Board of
Supervisors")
Bonus (see "Bonus").
Budget (see "Budget").
Canals (see "Canals").
Capital improvements, New York city
determination as to exclusion from
tax limitation......................... 8 11
Cases prosecutable otherwise than
by indictment of grand jury,
authority to regulate.................. 1 6
Cities (see "Cities").
Citizenship requirement for service
as member.............................. 3 7
City-wide courts, New York city (see
"City-wide courts, New York city
under "Duties," "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
City courts, outside New York city
(see "City courts, outside New York
city" under "Duties" and "Powers").
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City of New York (see "New York City"
under "Legislature").
Civil service and veterans'
preferences (see "Civil Service").
Claims against state (see "Claims
against state" under "Powers"
and "Restrictions").
Commencement of term..................... 13 4
Common and statute law of colony of
New York, alteration................... 1 14
Commutations by governor................. 4 4
Compensation, allowances and traveling
expenses of members.................... 3 6
Compensation of judicial officers
retired for disability................. 6 2(c)
Comptroller, vacancy in office filling... 5 1
Condition of state, transmission of
message at each session................ 4 3
Condemnation of private property
(see "Eminent Domain").
Conservation (see "Conservation")
Constitutional amendments (see
"Constitutional Amendments").
Constitutional conventions (see
"Constitutional Conventions").
Contractors,
Employees, safety and welfare........ (1 18
.....................................(13 14
Corporations (see "Corporations").
Counties (see also "Counties"),
Alternative forms of government...... 9 1(h)
Division of power affected by
restriction on assembly districts.... 3 5
Legislative power over................. 9 1-3
Local laws affecting,
Enactment on certificate of
necessity by governor.............. 9 2(b)
Executive officer, request........... 9 2(b)
When not required.................. 9 2(b)
Organization and government.......... 9 2(b)
Special or local laws affecting,
prohibition against, exceptions.... 9 2(b)
County courts (see "County courts"
under "Powers").
County court judges (see "County
court judges" under "powers" and
"Restrictions").
County officers (see County Officers").
Court of appeals (see also "Court
of appeals" under "Powers" and
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Art. Sec.
"Restrictions").
Judges,
Removal from office................. 6 23(a)
Temporary, during military service
of elected judges................... 6 20(b)(1)
Jurisdiction, authority to restrict... 6 3(b)(8)
Right to appeal to, authority to
restrict............................. 6 3(b)(8)
Court of claims (see "Court of claims"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Court of general sessions, New York
county (see "General Sessions").
Court on the judiciary (see also
"Court on the judiciary" under
"Powers" "Duties" and
"Restrictions"),
Additional powers, right to
confer............................... 6 22(g)
Expenses, duty to provide............ 6 22(h)
Removal charges before, notice
to legislature..................... 6 22(e)
Stay of proceedings before,
pending determination of identical
charges............................ 6 22(e)
Courts of record (see "Courts of
record" under "Powers").
Criminal cases, appeals from
judgments, provision................. 6 3(b)
Criminals,
Institutions, provision............ 17 5
Probation and parole, provision.... 17 5
Debts, state, appropriations for
payment of principal and interest.... 7 16
Defense and protection of state,
to provide........................... 12 1
District courts (see "District courts"
under "Duties" "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
Disqualifications for membership
(see "Assembly," "Assembly
members," "Senate," "Senators"),
Divorce, prohibition against grant..... 1 9
Doors of each house to be kept open,
exception............................ 3 10
Duties (see also "Powers,"
"Restrictions" under "Legislature"),
Absentee voting, generally......... 2 2
Agriculture and markets, head of
department, manner of
appointment, to prescribe........ 5 4
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Annual session, duty and time
of assembly...................... 13 4
Assembly members, apportionment, to
provide.......................... 3 5
Attorney-general, filling vacancy
in office, to provide............ 5 1
Bingo, to enact laws to regulate... 1 9
Bribery of public officers, payment
by state of county expenses
of prosecution, to provide....... 13 13(b)
Canals, expenses of superintendence
and repairs, annual
appropriations................... 15 3
Children, jurisdiction over
adoption, guardianship, etc., to
consider religious persuasion.... 6 32
Cities,
Organization, to provide......... 9 2(a)
Power to contract indebtedness,
method of determining
exclusions for housing
purposes, to prescribe......... 18 4
Power to contract indebtedness,
manner of determining
exclusions for education
purposes, to prescribe......... 8 4
Powers of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to
restrict....................... 8 12
City court, New York city, to
provide that justices be judges
of city-wide court of civil
jurisdiction for remainder of
term............................. 6 35(c)
City courts, outside New York city,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe........ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe..... 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe,
limitation..................... 6 17(a)
City-wide courts, New York city,
Establishment.................... 6 1(a),15(a)
Transfer thereto, judges of
abolished courts............. 6 35(c,d)
Civil service appointments and
promotions, to enact laws........ 5 6
Comptroller, filing vacancy in
office, to provide............... 5 1
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Constitutional amendments,
Attorney-general, reference
for opinion.................... 19 1
Entry on journals with ayes
and noes....................... 19 1
Reference to legislature next
chosen and publication......... 19 1
Submission to people, manner
and time, to prescribe......... 19 1
Constitutional convention,
question on holding, submission.. 19 2
Counties,
Alternative forms of government,
to provide..................... 9 1(h)
Structure of government and
manner of functioning, to
set forth.................... 9 1(h)
Organization and government,
to provide..................... 9 2(a)
County officers, time for election,
to fix........................... 13 8
Court on the judiciary,
appropriations for expenses,
to make.......................... 6 22(h)
Defenses and protection of state,
to provide....................... 12 1
District courts,
Judges,
Qualifications................. 6 20(c)
Restrictions................... 6 20(c)
Doors of each house to be kept
open, exception.................. 3 10
Executive budget, procedure for
hearings and appearances, to
prescribe........................ 7 3
Expenses of courts,
Cost of operating and
maintaining, certain courts,
to allocate.................... 6 29(a)
Final determinations of
estimated financial needs of
certain courts borne by state,
to make........................ 6 29(c)
Submission of annual financial
needs to administrative
board of judicial conference
by certain courts, to provide.. 6 29(b)
Gambling, to enact laws to prevent. 1 9
General laws, cases in which
action must be taken by.......... 3 17
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Governmental operations,
continuity during certain
emergencies, to provide.......... 3 25
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
Election by single vote
applicable to both offices,
to provide..................... 4 1
Housing, occupancy of projects, to
restrict and give certain
preference....................... 18 6
Journal of proceedings, each house
to keep and publish.............. 3 10
Judges and justices, certain, to
establish compensation........... 6 25(a)
Judicial conference, composition
and function, to provide......... 6 28
Judiciary article, to enact laws
to effectuate.................... 6 33
Lieutenant-governor and governor,
Election by single vote
applicable to both offices,
to provide..................... 4 1
Literature fund, revenues, to apply
for support of common schools
and libraries.................... 11 3
Lotto, to enact laws to regulate... 1 9
Magistrates' court, New York city,
abolished, to provide that justices
be judges of city-wide court of
criminal jurisdiction for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(d)
Members, elections, returns and
Qualifications, each house to judge.. 3 9
Militia, minimum force, to maintain and
make annual appropriations........... 12 1
Militia, maintenance and regulation, to
provide.............................. 12 1
Municipal corporations, public
improvements and services, method of
determining exclusions from
indebtedness, to prescribe........... 8 5
Municipal court, New York city,
abolished, to provide that justices
be judges of city-wide court of
civil jurisdictions for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(c)
Municipalities, equalization ratio for
tax limitation, manner of
determination, to prescribe.......... 8 10
Needy, care and support, to provide.... 17 1
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New York city, method of determining
exclusions of indebtedness,
Dock purposes, to prescribe.......... 8 7
School purposes, to prescribe........ 8 7
Transit purposes, to prescribe....... 8 7a
Officers, each house to choose......... 3 9
Prisoners, labor, to provide........... 3 24
Protection of state, to provide........ 12 1
Public health, protection and
promotion, to provide................ 17 3
Public officers, certain,
Removal for misconduct, to provide... 13 5
Vacancies created by removal, to
provide for filling................ 13 5
Public offices, succession to powers
and duties during certain
emergencies, to provide.............. 3 25
Reservoirs on forest preserve lands,
charges for state operation, to
assess............................... 14 2
Rules of proceedings, each house to
determine............................ 3 9
Savings banks, powers, rights and
liabilities, to conform with general
laws................................. 10 3
School districts, certain,
Consolidated district, tax
limitation, to prescribe........... 8 10
Propositions to increase tax
limitation, qualifications for
voting, to prescribe............... 8 4,10
Schools, free common, maintenance and
support, to provide.................. 11 1
Senate districts, readjustment or
alteration, to provide............... 3 4
Sinking funds, contributions, to make
appropriations....................... 7 15,16
State boards and commissions, manner
of removal of members by governor,
to prescribe......................... 5 4
State comptroller, auditing powers
and duties, to define................ 5 1
Vacancy, to provide for filling...... 5 1
State debts, payment of interest and
principal, to make appropriations.... 7 16
State departments, heads, manner of
removal by governor, to prescribe.... 5 4
State departments and officers,
publication of rules and
regulations, to provide.............. 4 8
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State enumeration, when to provide..... 3 4
Statute of local governments, to enact. 9 2(b)
Special sessions, New York city, to
provide that justices be judges of
city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction for remainder of term... 6 35(d)
State officers, constitutional,
compensation, to fix................. 13 7
Taxation,
Assessments, supervision, review
and equalization, to provide....... 16 2
Laws delegating power, types of
taxes and review, to specify
and provide........................ 16 1
Town courts,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe............ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe....... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe......... 6 20(c)
Training and education, to
require for certain.............. 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 17(a)
Towns,
Organization, to provide............. 9 2(a)
Power of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to restrict. 8 12
Vacancies in office, to provide for
filling.............................. 13 3
Village courts,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe............ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe....... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe......... 6 20(c)
Training and education, to require
for certain...................... 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 17(a)
Villages,
Organization, to provide............. 9 2(a)
Powers of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to restrict. 8 12
Villages of 5,000 or more,
Housing indebtedness, method of
determining exclusion, to
prescribe.......................... 18 4
Voters, identification by signature,
to require, exceptions............... 2 7
Voting,
Exclusion from suffrage of persons
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Art. Sec.
convicted of certain crimes, to
enact laws......................... 2 3
Right of suffrage and registration,
to enact laws...................... 2 5
Education (see also "Education"),
Certain persons, provision............. 7 8
School system, provision............... 11 1
Transportation of school children,
authorization........................ 11 3
Elections (see also "Elections"),
Absentee registration.................. 2 5
Absentee voting, to enact laws......... 2 2
Authority to provide................... 2 2
Bi-partisan boards to control.......... 2 8
Inapplicability to town and village
elections.......................... 2 8
Boards,
Equal representation of two major
political parties.................. 2 8
Existing laws to continue until
changed............................ 2 8
Officers constituting, nomination,
appointment and election........... 2 8
Conduct, secrecy of ballot preserved... 2 7
Permanent registration, systems,
authority to establish............. 2 6
Persons entitled to vote, laws for
ascertainment,....................... 2 5
Exclusion for disqualification, to
enact laws......................... 2 3
Persons excluded from right of
suffrage............................. 2 3
Registration of voters, laws,.......... 2 5
Personal application where
required............................ 2 5
Town and village, registration......... 2 5
Eminent domain (see "Eminent Domain").
Employees (see "Employees").
Enumeration of powers involving use of
state money or credit.................. 7 8
Not to diminish pre-existing powers.... 7 8
Expenditures, certain, determination as
to exclusion from tax limitation of
counties, cities, villages and
school districts....................... 8 11
Expenses of courts (see "Expenses of
courts" under "Duties").
Extraordinary sessions,
Governor, power to convene............. 4 3
Subjects recommended by governor,
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action restricted.................... 4 3
Family court judges (see "Family court
judges" under "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
Final passage of bills (see "Bills").
Financial needs, estimates and
transmission to governor............... 7 1
Forest lands, use for reservoirs,
provision.............................. 14 2
Gambling, prevention, laws............... 1 9
General laws,
Action on enumerated subjects.......... 3 17
Drainage of swamp or agricultural
lands, construction and maintenance
of facilities, authorization......... 1 7
General provisions relating to........... 3 1-24
Governor (see also "Governor"),
Communications by message on condition
of state............................. 4 3
Duty to expedite all measures adopted.. 4 3
Recommendation of matters deemed
expedient............................ 4 3
Reprieves, commutations and pardons,
Duty to report details............... 4 4
Grand jury (see "Grand Jury").
Health and safety (see "Health
and Safety").
Highways (see "Highways").
Highways and parkways, use of proceeds
of bonds for elimination of grade
crossings.............................. 7 14
Horse races, pari-mutuel betting,
authorization.......................... 1 9
Housing (see also "Housing"),
Authority to provide for low rent
housing and slum clearance........... 18 1
Certain ventures prohibited............ 18 10
Debt, amount, without submission to
people............................... 18 3
Eminent domain, grant of power,........ 18 2
Excess condemnation, powers.......... 18 8
Exclusions from debt, method of
ascertaining......................... 18 4
Limitation on indebtedness............. 18 4
Local governments, powers.............. 18 2
Power to enact legislation............. 18 10
Regulations governing facilities....... 18 2
Subsidies, authorization............... 18 2
Conditions for granting.............. 18 6
Impeachment (See "Impeachment").
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Income taxes, reference to federal laws
authorized............................. 3 22
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize............................ 10 7
Loans to provide, right to authorize... 7 8
Journal of proceedings (see also
"Journals of Legislature"),
Ayes and nays on final passage of
bills to be entered.................. 3 14
Certain bills, yeas and nays on final
passage, entry....................... 3 23
Governor's objections to bills to be
entered.............................. 4 7
Keeping and publication by each house.. 3 10
Reconsideration of bills, names of
members voting to be entered......... 4 7
Removal of judges and justices,
Charges to be entered................ 6 23(c)
Yeas and nays to be entered.......... 6 23(c)
Judges and Justices (see "Judges and
justices" under "Duties," "Powers"
and "Restrictions").
Judicial departments (see "Judicial
Departments").
Judicial districts (see "Judicial
Districts").
Judicial officers (see also "Judges
and Justices"),
Election or appointment, certain,
time and manner, to direct........... 6 17(d)
Removal from office on recommendation
of governor.......................... 6 23(b)
Retired for disability, compensation... 6 22(c)
Judicial offices (see "Judicial offices"
under "Powers")
Jurisdiction and proceedings in law and
equity, alteration and regulation...... 6 30
Jury trial (see "Jury").
Justices of the peace (see "Justices of
the peace" under "Powers").
Law and equity, jurisdiction and
proceedings, alteration and regulation. 6 30
Law of state,
Acts of legislature constituting....... 1 14
Alteration............................. 1 14
Governor to execute faithfully......... 4 3
Legislative power vested in Senate and
Assembly............................... 3 1
Legislators ineligible for certain civil
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appointments........................... 3 7
Loans,
Low rent housing projects, conditions.. 18 6
State money or credit, prohibition
against, exceptions.................. 7 8
Local bills (see "Bills" under
"Legislature").
Local laws (see "Local Laws," "Special
Laws").
Magistrates courts (see "Magistrates
courts" under "Duties").
Manufacturing plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize............................ 10 7
Loans to provide, right to authorize... 7 8
Members (see also "Assembly," "Assembly
members," "Senate," "Senators"),
Additional allowances for service as
officer or in any special capacity. 3 6
Appropriations for local or private
purposes, votes of two-thirds
necessary.......................... 3 20
Commissioner of deeds, eligibility
for appointment.................... 3 7
Compensation and allowances,......... 3 6
Constitution and laws to govern and
control.............................. 3 6
Continuance of existing until
changed............................ 3 6
Extra compensation prohibited........ 3 6
Fees or perquisites of office,
receiving for own use prohibited... 13 7
Not to be increased or diminished
during term........................ 3 6
Elections, returns and
qualifications, each house to judge.. 3 9
Elections, when held................... 3 8
Forfeiture of membership,
Acceptance of certain offices to
vacate seat........................ 3 7
Election to congress, acceptance to
vacate seat........................ 3 7
Ineligibility for certain civil
appointments......................... 3 7
Items of appropriation, passage over
veto, two-thirds vote required....... 4 7
National guard of state, not
disqualified for membership.......... 3 7
Naval militia of state, not
disqualified for membership.......... 3 7
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Oath of office......................... 13 1
Office having no compensation, not
disqualified for appointment......... 3 7
Passage of bills over veto, two-thirds
vote required........................ 4 7
Quorum, majority to constitute,........ 3 9
Three-fifths required for passage of
certain bills...................... 3 23
Reserve forces of the United States,
not disqualified for membership...... 3 7
Salary, uniform, to be fixed........... 3 6
Speeches and debates, not to be
questioned........................... 3 11
Traveling expenses, reimbursement,
limitation........................... 3 6
Mental defectives, provision for care.... 17 4
Mental health, provision................. 17 4
Mentally ill, education and support,
provision.............................. 7 8
Messages required for final passage of
bills (see "Bills").
Militia (see also "Militia"):
Maintenance and regulation, duty to
provide.............................. 12 1
Municipal corporations, organization,
restrictions........................... 8 12
....................................... 9 3(c)
Municipal court (see "Municipal court"
under "Duties").
Municipalities (see also
"Municipalities"),
Authorization of payments to certain
institutions......................... 8 1
Government, enactment of laws.......... 9 1-2
Indebtedness,
Exclusions in computing debt
limitation....................... 8 7a
Method of ascertaining, power to
prescribe........................ 8 5
Incurring, power to restrict......... 8 12
Taxes,
Expenditures, certain, exclusion
from tax limitation................ 8 11
Levying, power to restrict........... 8 10,12
Limitation, agency and method to
determine equalization ratio,
right to prescribe................. 8 10
Needy, aid, care and support provision... 7 8
...................................... 17 1
New York city (see also "New York
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City"),
Counties within, laws affecting
certain county offices prohibited,
exception............................ 13 13(c)
Message from governor required....... 13 13(c)
Two-thirds vote required............. 13 13(c)
Dock purposes, exclusion of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Exclusion of certain indebtedness...... 8 7a
Officers or courts, reservation of
legislative power
School purposes, exclusion of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Supreme court, jurisdiction to
determine,
Additional exclusions from
indebtedness....................... 8 7a
Dock indebtedness, when and how to
be excluded........................ 8 7
New York Port Authority, obligations
for railroad passenger equipment,
right to guarantee..................... 10 7
Nursing homes,
Authority to provide for
accommodations for persons of low
income............................... 18 1
Subsidies, authorization............... 18 2
Oath of members.......................... 13 1
Officers,
Additional allowances for services..... 3 6
Each house to choose................... 3 9
Pardons, communication by governor....... 4 4
Parole system, provision................. 17 5
Pensions, public, right to increase...... 7 8
Permanent personal registration,
systems, laws.......................... 2 6
Personnel, abolished courts,
assignment............................. 6 35(1)
Powers (see also "Duties,"
"Restrictions" under "Legislature"),
Absentee registration, to provide...... 2 5
Absentee voting, to provide............ 2 2
Actions and proceedings (see also
"Actions" and "Judicial
Proceedings"),
New classes, right to create and
provide for jurisdiction........ 6 7(b)
Transfer, certain, right to
provide............................ 6 19(a,c,g,h,i)
Verdicts and judgments, right to
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provide that certain not subject
to monetary limitation............. 6 19(k)
Appeals (see also "Appeals").
Certain, right to provide for
transfer thereof................... 6 35(m)
Pending, certain courts, right to
provide for hearing and
determination.................... 6 34(a)
Appellate division, additional
jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 4(k)
Appellate term, right to provide
for appeals thereto.................. 6 8(e),11(d)
..................................... 34(a),35(m)
Apportionments, regulations for
judicial review, to prescribe........ 3 5
Assembly districts, division of
counties, time for assembly of
local boards, to prescribe........... 3 5
Assemblymembers, additional allowance
for services as managers of
impeachment, to fix.................. 3 6
Banking purposes, formation of
corporations and associations, to
provide by general laws.............. 10 3
Bills (see also "Bills" under
"Legislature"),
Right of each house to initiate
and amend.......................... 3 12
Vetoed, right to reconsider
and pass over veto................. 4 7
Bingo, right to regulate................. 1 9
Blind, education and support, to
provide................................ 7 8
Bonus, state debt, right to
create................................. 7 18
Canals (see also "Canals"),
Barge canal
Lease or transfer to federal
government, right to
authorize........................ 15 4
Lands and properties,
Disposition of unnecessary, right
to authorize..................... 15 2
Occupancy or use, revocable
permits, right to grant.......... 15 1
Use by public thruway
corporations, right to
authorize........................ 10 6
Manner of improvement, to
provide............................ 15 3
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Navigation, laws and regulations
governing, right to enact.......... 15 3
Children,
Health and welfare services,
right to provide................... 7 8
Neglected and dependent, care
and support, right to provide...... 7 8
Transportation to and from any
school, right to authorize......... 11 3
Cities (see also "municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers"),
Additional powers of local
legislation and administration..... 9 2(c)
Counties not contained within,
legislative power unaffected
by home rule provisions in
certain cases...................... 13 13(c)
Excess taking of property for
certain purposes, right to
authorize.......................... 1 7
Exclusion of indebtedness for
housing purposes,
determination, right to confer
jurisdiction....................... 18 4
General or special laws not
relating to property, affairs
or government, right to enact...... 9 2(c)
Matters other than property,
affairs or government, right
to enact laws...................... 9 2(c)
Public school systems, legislative
power unaffected by home rule
provisions......................... 9 3(a)
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt
limitation, right to prove......... 8 2-a,5
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
City courts, outside New York city,
Appeals therefrom, right to
provide therefor.................. 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to
provide............................ 6 17
Judges, manner of removal,
right to provide................... 6 22(i)
Mandates, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Practice and procedure, right to
establish.......................... 6 17(b)
Processes, right to provide for
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service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Uniform jurisdiction, right to
establish.......................... 6 17(b)
Warrants, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
City-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction, right to grant
jurisdiction over misdemeanors
prosecuted by indictment............. 6 7(a),15(c)
City-wide courts, New York city,
Judges, manner of removal, right to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Jurisdiction, right to prescribe..... 6 15(b,c)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 1(c)
Merger, to provide on request of
mayor and local legislative body... 6 1(a),15(a)
Processes, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 11(c)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 1(c)
City officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Claims against state,
Appropriation for payment, right to
provide............................ 3 19
Jurisdiction thereof................. 6 9
Trial of actions and proceedings,
right to provide manner............ 6 18(b)
Constitutional amendments, right
to propose........................... 19 1
Constitutional convention, time for
submission of question on holding,
right to fix......................... 19 2
Contractors, public works, wages,
hours, welfare and safety of
employees, right to regulate........ 9 2(c)
Corporations,
Dues, means of security, right
to prescribe...................... 10 2
Formation, right to provide......... 10 1
Laws affecting, right to alter
or repeal......................... 10 1
Counties (see also "Municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers").
Additional powers of local
legislation and administration..... 9 2(c)
Agreements by two or more for
discharge of governmental
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functions, right to authorize...... 9 1(c)
Alternative forms of government,
what to contain, right to
prescribe.......................... 9 1(h)
Division, power unaffected by
restrictions on creation of
assembly districts................. 3 5
Excess taking of property for
certain purposes, right to
authorize.......................... 1 7
Laws relating to counties and
governmental units, right to
enact.............................. 9 1(h)
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt limitation,
right to provide................... 8 2-a,5
Tax limitation, method of
increasing, right to prescribe..... 8 10
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
County clerks,
Powers and duties, right to
prescribe.......................... 6 6(e)
Selection of jurors, manner and
conditions, right to prescribe..... 13 13(a)
County courts,
Actions and proceedings, certain,
right to provide for original
jurisdiction....................... 6 11(a)
Appeals thereto, right to provide in
certain cases...................... 6 34(a)
Equity jurisdiction, right to
provide............................ 6 11(c)
Money judgments, right to increase
amount recoverable, limitations.... 6 11(a)
County judges,
Additional, right to provide......... 6 10(a)
Combination with certain judicial
officers, right to provide......... 6 14
Number, right to increase............ 6 10(a)
County officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Court of appeals,
Appeals as of right, power to
abolish............................ 6 3(b)(8)
Criminal cases, appeals, right to
provide............................ 6 3(b)
Judges,
Right to remove for cause.......... 6 23(a)
Temporary, during military service
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of elected judges, right to
provide.......................... 6 20(b)(1)
Court of claims,
Judges, power to increase number..... 6 9
Jurisdiction, practice and
procedure, right to provide........ 6 9
Courts of record, additional, right
to determine......................... 6 1(b)
Court on the judiciary,
Additional powers, right to confer... 6 22(g)
Removal proceedings, stay pending
determination of same charges...... 6 22(e)
Courts, legislative power unaffected
by home rule provisions.............. 9 3(a)
Criminals, maintenance and support of
institutions, right to provide....... 17 5
Deaf, education and support, right to
provide.............................. 7 8
District attorneys, New York city
counties, term of office, right to
direct............................... 8 5
District courts,
Appeals therefrom, right to provide.. 6 8(l),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide..... 6 16(i)
Districts thereof, right to create... 6 16(e)
Establishment, right to provide at
request of board of supervisors.... 6 16(a)
Judges,
Additional, right to provide....... 6 16(f)
Apportionment, right to provide.... 6 16(g)
Number, right to provide........... 6 16(f)
Removal, right to provide manner... 6 22(i)
Jurisdiction, right to provide,
limitation......................... 6 16(d)
Mandates, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Processes, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 16(i)
Warrants, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Drainage systems, common or excess,
right to authorize................... 8 2-a
Dumb, education and support, right
to provide........................... 7 8
Education, higher, right to create
indebtedness......................... 7 19
Elections,
Boards and officers, appointment or
election, right to direct.......... 2 8
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Permanent registration, systems,
right to provide................... 2 6
Presidential, special procedures for
voting thereat, power to adopt..... 2 9
Town and village, registration of
voters, power to require........... 2 5
Uncontested primary elections, right
to waive........................... 1 1
Voting, method, right to prescribe.. 2 7
Employees, protection of lives,
health and safety, right to enact
laws................................. 1 18
..................................... 13 14
Employment,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize.......................... 10 7
Loans to provide, right to
authorize.......................... 7 8
Executive budget,
Appearances of department heads,
right to request................... 7 3
Contents, additional information,
right to require................... 7 2
Family court judges,
Combination with certain other
judicial offices, right to provide. 6 14
New York city, number, right to
provide............................ 6 13(a)
Forest preserve lands,
Highways, construction and
maintenance of certain, right to
provide............................ 14 1
Reservoirs, construction and
maintenance, right to provide for
use................................ 14 2
Sale or exchange of certain, right to
authorize.......................... 14 3
Ski trails, construction and
maintenance of certain, right to
authorize.......................... 14 1
Use of certain, right to prescribe... 14 3
Governmental employees, wages, hours,
welfare and safety, right to
regulate............................. 13 14
Governmental operations, continuity
during certain emergencies, right
to prescribe......................... 3 25
Governor, salary, right to fix......... 4 3
Hamilton county, power to abolish
and annex territory.................. 3 5
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Horse races, pari-mutuel betting,
right to authorize................... 1 9
Housing,
Acquisition of property ultimately
necessary, limitations, right to
impose............................. 18 9
Cooperation with and aid from United
States, right to authorize......... 18 2
Excess taking of property, right to
authorize.......................... 18 8
Exclusions of indebtedness,
jurisdiction to determine, right
to confer.......................... 18 4
Indebtedness of public corporations,
guaranty of principal and interest
by local governments, right to
authorize.......................... 18 2
Loans by local governments, power to
authorize.......................... 18 2
Power of eminent domain, right to
grant.............................. 18 2
Power to enact proper and necessary
laws............................... 18 10
State loans, power to make........... 18 2
State loans and subsidies, additional
conditions, right to provide....... 18 6
State subsidies, right to provide.... 18 2
Subsidies by local governments,
power to authorize................. 18 2
Tax exemptions, right to grant or
authorize.......................... 18 2
Housing and slum clearance, power to
provide.............................. 18 1
Impeachment, majority vote of Assembly
required to exercise power........... 6 24
Income taxes, reference to federal laws
authorized........................... 3 22
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state...... 10 7
Loans by state, authorized......... 7 8
Institutions, visitation and
inspection, right to authorize....... 17 6
Institutions for detention of
criminals, maintenance and support,
right to provide..................... 17 5
Joint municipal facilities or services,
Indebtedness, right to authorize
and apportion........................ 8 1
Taxes or charges, right to
authorize.......................... 8 1
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Joint municipal facilities or service
Indebtedness, right to
authorize and apportion............ 8 1
Taxes and charges may be imposed
therefor........................... 8 1
Journal or proceedings, each house to
keep and publish..................... 3 10
Judges and justices,
Assignment, temporary, certain,
right to provide................... 6 26(j)
Compensation, additional for
certain, right to prescribe........ 6 25(a)
Qualifications, certain, right
to determine....................... 6 20(a)
Removal, certain,
Manner, right to provide........... 6 22(i)
Right to effect...................... 6 23(a)
To determine those removable by
senate............................. 6 23(b)
Retirement for disability, to
provide compensation............... 6 22(c)
Temporary, to provide in
certain cases...................... 6 20(b)(1)
Judicial departments, power to alter
boundaries........................... 6 4(a)
Judicial districts,
Composition, right to alter.......... 6 6(b)
Increase or decrease number,
right to provide................... 6 6(b)
Justices in altered districts,
right to re-apportion.............. 6 6(b)
Judicial officers,
Compensation of judicial
officer retired for disability,
right to provide................... 6 22(c)
Judicial offices, combination of
certain, right to provide............ 6 14
Judiciary article, to enact laws
to effectuate........................ 6 33
Jury, composition in courts of
original jurisdiction, right
to provide........................... 6 18(a)
Jury trial,
Civil cases,
Verdict by five-sixths jury, power
to authorize..................... 1 2
Waiver, manner, right to enact
laws............................. 1 2
Criminal cases, waiver,
exception, right to enact laws..... 1 2,18
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Justices of the peace, legislative
functions on town boards, right to
abolish.............................. 6 17(c)
Juvenile delinquents, education and
support, right to provide............ 7 8
Law and equity, jurisdiction and
proceedings, right to alter and
regulate............................. 6 30
Law of state, right to alter........... 1 14
Legislative power generally, vesting... 3 1
Lieutenant-governor, salary, power to
fix.................................. 4 6
Limited dividend housing companies,
loans by state and local
governments, right to authorize...... 18 2
Lotteries, use of proceeds for
education, to prescribe.............. 1 9
Lotto, right to regulate............... 1 9
Low rent housing, manner, means,
terms and conditions, right to
prescribe............................ 18 1
Manufacturing plants,
rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state...... 10 7
Loans by state, authorized........... 7 8
Members,
Compensation, right to establish..... 3 6
Elections, returns and
qualifications, each house to
judge.............................. 3 9
Senators and assembly members, time
for holding elections, right to
fix................................. 3 8
Services as officer or in special
capacity, additional allowance,
right to fix....................... 3 6
Mental health, protection, manner
of providing, right to determine..... 17 4
Mentally ill, education and support,
power to provide..................... 7 8
Municipal corporations, public
improvements and services, power
to determine exclusions from
indebtedness, right to provide....... 8 2-a,5
Municipalities,
Debt limits, certain exclusions...... 8 2-a,4,5
Laws relating to local government
right to enact..................... 9 1-3
Levy of taxes on real estate,
right to restrict.................. 8 10,12
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Needy, aid, care and support, right 8 1
to authorize....................... 17 1
Payments to institutions for care,
support and maintenance, right
to authorize....................... 8 1
Public improvements and services,
exclusions of indebtedness......... 8 5
Right to contract indebtedness
and levy taxes, power to restrict.. 8 12
State officer or agency to
determine equalization ratio,
right to direct.................... 8 10
Needy, aid, care and support, power
to provide,.......................... 7 8
Manner and means, right to
determine.......................... 17 1
Needy sick, aid, care and
support, right to provide............ 7 8
New York city,
Capital improvements, period of
probable usefulness, right to
determine.......................... 8 11
Counties within, legislative power
unaffected by home rule provisions. 13 13(c)
Jurisdiction to determine exclusions
of indebtedness, right to confer,
Dock purposes...................... 8 7
School purposes.................... 8 7
Transit purposes................... 8 7a
Reservation of power to amend or
repeal laws affecting certain
county offices, duration........... 13 13(c)
Tax limitation, determination of
indebtedness to be excluded,
right to make conclusive........... 8 11
Nursing homes accommodations for
persons of low income, power to
provide.............................. 18 1
Officers, each house to choose......... 3 9
Officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Old age, protection against hazards
right to provide..................... 7 8
Pardons, regulations governing
application, right to make........... 4 4
Parole, systems, right to provide...... 17 5
Pensions, right to increase amount
of certain........................... 7 8
Personnel, abolished courts,
assignment, right to provide......... 6 35(1)
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Physically handicapped, education
and support, right to provide........ 7 8
Port of New York authority, certain
obligations, right to guarantee...... 10 7
Practice and procedure, courts,
right to delegate power to regulate.. 6 30
Primary elections, uncontested, right
to waive............................. 1 1
Private property taken for public use.. 1 7
Private roads, opening, right to
enact laws........................... 1 7
Probation, systems, right to provide... 17 5
Public corporations,
Acquisition of properties and
payment of indebtedness by state
or political subdivision, right
to authorize....................... 10 5
Indebtedness, future, manner of
granting local consent, right
to prescribe....................... 8 3
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
Public health, protection and
promotion, manner and means of
providing, right to determine........ 17 3
Public offices,
Existence of vacancy, right to
declare............................ 13 6
Succession thereto, during periods
of certain emergencies, of right
to provide therefor................ 3 25
Term of office, right to fix......... 13 2
Public officers, oath of office,
right to exempt inferior officers
from requirement..................... 13 1
Public officers and employees,
compensation, power to tax........... 16 5
Railroad crossings at grade,
Reimbursement by railroad
companies, time, manner and
interest, right to prescribe....... 7 14
State debt for elimination, right
to create.......................... 7 14
Railroad passenger facilities,
obligations, right to guarantee...... 10 7
Regents, corporate powers, right
to change............................ 11 2
Religious schools, inspection, use of
public property, etc., right to
authorize............................ 11 3
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Retirement systems, right to increase
pensions of members of certain....... 7 8
Rules of proceedings, each house to
determine............................ 3 9
School districts (see
"municipalities" under
"Legislature. Powers" "School
Districts").
Schools, transportation of children,
right to authorize................... 11 3
Senators, services on impeachment
trials, additional allowance, right
to fix............................... 3 6
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt limitation,
right to prescribe................... 8 2-a,5
Sewage systems, common or excess,
right to authorize................... 8 2-a
Sheriff's, renewal of security,
right to require..................... 13 13(a)
Sickness, protection against
hazards, right to provide............ 7 8
Ski trails, certain, construction and
maintenance on forest preserve
lands, power to authorize............ 14 1
Slum clearance, right to provide....... 18 1
Social welfare, rules and regulations,
right to prescribe procedure for
making............................... 17 2
State commissions, temporary, right to
create............................... 5 3
State comptroller, powers and duties
respecting real estate,
Assessment, right to assign.......... 5 1
Equalization, right to assign........ 5 1
Taxation, right to assign............ 5 1
State comptroller, duties respecting
municipalities,
Accounts, supervision, right to
assign duty........................ 5 1
Determination of exclusions from
debt limitation, right to provide.. 8 4,5
New York city fiscal officer,
approval of determination of
exclusions from tax limitation,
right to make conclusive........... 8 11
Vacancy, right to provide for
filling............................ 5 1
State debts,
Laws creating,
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Power to forbid contracting of
further liability................ 7 11
Power to repeal.................... 7 11
Notes or other obligations, right
to provide for issuance............ 7 9
Power to contract,
Invasion, etc., to repel........... 7 10
Taxes and bond proceeds, before
receiving.......................... 7 9
Privilege of pre-payment,
reservation........................ 7 12
Probable life of work or purpose,
right to enact laws................ 7 13
State departments, number, right to
reduce............................... 5 3
State departments and officers,
powers and functions, right to
assign and change.................... 5 3
State enumeration in lieu of federal
census, right to provide............. 3 4
State highways, certain, construction
and maintenance on forest preserve
lands, right to authorize............ 14 1
State highways and parkways,
construction and reconstruction,
right to appropriate certain moneys.. 7 14
State properties and revenues,
offices for protection, right
to create............................ 5 5
State thruway corporations,
Bonds, right to make state
liable............................. 10 6
Canal lands, right to permit use..... 10 6
Obligations, right to make state
liable............................. 10 6
State university, right to create
indebtedness......................... 7 19
Supreme court,
Justices,
Decrease in number, right to
provide.......................... 6 6(d)
Increase in number, limitation..... 6 6(d)
Removal for cause.................. 6 23(a)
Temporary justices, right to
provide, during military service of
elected justices................... 6 20(b)(1)
Supreme court, appellate division,
Housing, jurisdiction to determine
exclusions of indebtedness, right
to confer.......................... 18 4
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Jurisdiction, authority to confer.... 6 4(k)
Municipalities, jurisdiction to
determine exclusions from
indebtedness, power to confer...... 8 5,7,7a
Surrogate's courts,
Judges,
Additional, right to provide....... 6 12(a)
Combination with certain other
judicial offices, right to
provide.......................... 6 14
Jurisdiction, right to provide....... 6 12(d,e)
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
right to enact laws.................. 1 7
Taxation,
Excise taxes measured by income,
right to consider income from
intangibles........................ 16 3
Exemptions, right to alter or
repeal, exception.................. 16 1
Income taxes, reference to federal
laws authorized.................... 3 22
Power not to be surrendered or
suspended, exception............... 16 1
Public officers and employees,
compensation, right to tax......... 16 5
Tax revenues, funds for
stabilization, right to establish.... 7 17
Trial without jury, certain cases,
right to authorize................... 6 18(a)
Thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under "Legislature,
Powers").
Town courts,
Appeals therefrom, to provide........ 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide,
limitation......................... 6 17(b)
Judges, manner of removal, to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Processes, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Town officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Towns (see also "Municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers"),
Division, power unaffected by
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restrictions on creation of
assembly districts................. 3 5
New, power to create unaffected by
restrictions on assembly
districts.......................... 3 5
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
Treason, power to grant reprieves,
commutations and pardons............. 4 4
Unemployment,
Indebtedness to alleviate, guaranty
by state........................... 10 7
Loans to alleviate, right to
authorize.......................... 7 8
Protection against hazards, right
to provide......................... 7 8
University of the State of New York,
corporate powers, right to change.... 11 2
Vacancy in office, existence, right to
declare.............................. 13 6
Veterans, preference in retention in
civil service, right to provide...... 5 6
Village courts,
Appeals therefrom, right to provide.. 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide..... 6 17(b)
Judges, manner of removal, to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Processes, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Village officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Villages (see "Municipalities" under
"Legislature, Powers").
Villages of 5,000 or more,
Housing, determination of
exclusion of indebtedness, right
to confer jurisdiction............. 18 4
Village taxes,
Assessment, levy and collection
by larger subdivisions, right
to provide......................... 16 2
Unpaid, loans or advances by
counties, right to authorize....... 16 2
Visitation and inspection, right to
authorize............................ 16 2
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Water supply, excess or common, right
to authorize......................... 8 2-a
Wild life and forest conservation
acquisition of land, right to make
appropriations....................... 14 3
Workers' compensation, system, right
to establish......................... 1 18
Primary elections, uncontested, right
to waive............................... 1 1
Prison labor,
Occupation and employment of
prisoners............................ 3 24
Products, disposition to state and
political subdivisions, authority
to provide........................... 3 24
Private and local bills (see "Bills"
under "Legislature").
Private roads, opening, power to
prescribe manner....................... 1 7
Privilege of members..................... 3 11
Probation, system, provision............. 17 5
Public contracts, regulation of certain
matters affecting...................... 13 14
Public corporations,
Creation by special act only,
exceptions........................... 10 5
Interstate compact, powers when
created pursuant to.................. 10 5
Liability for obligations not to be
imposed on state or political
subdivision.......................... 10 5
Powers, limitation..................... 10 5
State thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under "Legislature,
Powers").
Public health, protection, provision..... 17 3
Public money or property for local or
private purposes, two-thirds vote
required............................... 3 20
Public office, conduct, power of grand
jury not to be suspended or impaired... 1 6
Public officers (see also "Public
Officers"),
Election or appointment when not
provided by constitution............. 9 1(b)
Fees or perquisites of office
not to be received................... 13 7
..................................... 9 2(c)
Legislative powers..................... 13 14
Removal provision...................... 13 5
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Vacancies in office,
Existence, declaration............... 13 6
Filling, provision................... 13 5
Public school system, legislative power.. 9 3(a)
Public utilities operated by
municipalities, restrictions on
legislative powers..................... 3 18
Public work, hours, days of labor and
wages.................................. 1 17
Qualifications for membership............ 3 7
Quorum,
Majority of members of each house to
constitute........................... 3 9
Three-fifths to constitute in certain
cases................................ 3 23
Railroad crossing elimination, amount
of bond proceeds available for
highways and parkways.................. 7 14
Railroad passenger facilities, certain
obligations, guaranty.................. 10 7
Recommendations of governor.............. 4 3
Refunding state debt prior to maturity... 7 13
Rehabilitation of slum areas, provision.. 18 1
Removal of judicial officers,
Court of appeals, judges subject to
removal by concurrent resolution..... 6 23(a)
Court on the judiciary, time within
which legislature must act to stay
action............................... 6 22(e)
Legislature deemed to be in session
on receipt of notification......... 6 22(e)
Supreme court, justices subject to
removal by concurrent resolution..... 6 23(a)
Reprieves, commutations and pardons,
duty of governor to communicate........ 4 4
Reservoirs,
Apportionment of costs of improvements. 14 2
State lands, use, authorization........ 14 2
Restrictions (see also "Duties" and
"Powers" under "Legislature"),
Action for wrongful death,
Damages recoverable not subject to
statutory limitation............... 1 16
Existing, not to be abrogated........ 1 16
Adjournment for more than two days,
consent of both houses required...... 3 10
Alleys, opening, closing, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Appropriation bills,
Changes in bills submitted by
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governor........................... 7 4
Provisions to relate to particular
appropriation...................... 7 6
New, neither house to consider until
final action on governor's bills... 7 5
Appropriations,
Laws making, continuing or reviving,
sum, object and purpose to be
distinctly stated.................. 7 5
Separate bills required, each for
single object or purpose,
exceptions......................... 7 6
Banking purposes, prohibition against
special chargers..................... 10 3
Bills,
Appropriations of public money for
private purposes, two-thirds vote
for passage........................ 3 20
Final passage........................ 3 14
Last reading, no amendment
allowed.......................... 3 14
Private or local,
Cases in which not authorized.... 3 17
Not to embrace more than one
subject to be expressed in
title.......................... 3 15
Requirement for printing and
placing on desks of members,
exception.......................... 3 14
Three-fifths quorum required for
passage of certain................. 3 23
Boards of supervisors, election of
members, action by general laws only. 3 17
Bonus, laws creating debt.............. 7 18
Bookmaking, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Bridges, building, action by general
laws only, exception................. 3 17
Canals,
Sale, lease, abandonment or other
disposition, prohibition against... 15 1
Exception, in case of barge
canal............................ 15 4
Tolls for transportation,
prohibition against imposition..... 15 3
Work, prohibition against extra
compensation to contractors........ 15 3
Capital or infamous crimes, no
person to be held without
indictment, exceptions............... 1 6
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Change of venue, action by general
laws only............................ 3 17
Cities,
Annexation of territory, referendum
required........................... 9 1(d)
Housing, indebtedness in excess of
constitutional limitations,
conditions for authorization....... 18 4
Property, affairs and government,
action by general laws only,
exceptions......................... 9 2(b)
Special laws affecting, request of
mayor or local legislative body
required........................... 9 2(b)
City officers,
Elections to be held in odd-
numbered years, exception.......... 13 8
Terms of office to expire at end
of odd-numbered years, exception... 13 8
City-wide courts, New York city,
compensation of judges, prohibition
against decrease during term......... 6 25(a)
Claims against state,
Audit, allowance or payment, barred
by lapse of time................... 3 19
Private, not to audit or allow....... 3 19
Corporations, prohibition against
creation by special act, exception... 10 1
Counties,
Prohibition against enactment of
certain laws....................... 9 2(b)
Referendum required for certain
laws following adoption of
alternative form of government..... 9 1(h)
Special or local laws affecting,
prohibition against, exceptions.... 9 2(b)
County court judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease during
term................................. 6 25(a)
County officers, counties within
cities,
Elections to be held in odd-
numbered years, exception.......... 13 8
Terms of office to expire at end of
odd-numbered years, exception...... 13
County seat, locating or changing...... 3 17
Court of appeals, judges,
compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term................. 6 25(a)
Court of claims, judges, compensation,
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prohibition against decrease
during term.......................... 6 25(a)
Court on the judiciary, retirement
proceedings not to be stayed by
legislative action................... 6 22(e)
Cruel and unusual punishments not to
be inflicted......................... 1 5
Defendant in criminal cases, rights.... 1 6
Discrimination in civil rights
because of race, color, etc.,
prohibition against.................. 1 11
Disfranchisement, prohibition against,
exception............................ 1 1
District courts, judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease
during term.......................... 6 25(a)
Divorce, prohibition against granting,
exception............................ 1 9
Double jeopardy, prohibition against... 1 6
Due process of law guaranteed.......... 1 6
Elections,
Boards and officers to be bi-
partisan........................... 2 8
Opening and conduct, action by
general law only................... 3 17
Secrecy in balloting, requirement.... 2 7
Equal protection of laws guaranteed.... 1 11
Excessive bail and fines, prohibition
against.............................. 1 5
Exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise, action by general laws
only................................. 3 17
Exemption from taxation, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
Extraordinary sessions, action
restricted to subjects recommended
by governor.......................... 4 3
Family court, judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease during
term................................. 6 25(a)
Forest preserve lands,
Lease, sale, exchange or taking,
prohibition against................ 14 1
Preservation of wild character....... 14 1
Reservoirs, limitation on use........ 14 2
Timber, prohibition against sale,
removal or destruction............. 14 1
Freedom of speech and press guaranteed. 1 8
Gambling not to be authorized or
allowed, exception................... 1 9
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Grand juries, powers not to be
suspended or impaired................ 1 6
Habeas corpus, writ not to be
suspended, exceptions................ 1 4
Highways, opening, closing, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Housing,
Local governments,
Indebtedness, limitation........... 18 4
Periodic subsidies, limitation on
duration......................... 18 4
State debts, laws authorizing........ 18 3
State loans or subsidies............. 18 6
State subsidies,
Payment from general fund only..... 18 2
Prohibition against payment to
remedy or avoid certain defaults. 18 5
Restrictions and limitations....... 18 3
Tax exemptions, limitation on
duration........................... 18 2
Incorporation of existing law by
reference, prohibition against....... 3 16
Judges and justices,
Compensation, prohibition against
diminution during term............. 6 25(a)
Judicial officers, certain,
prohibition against removal except
for cause............................ 6 23(b)
Jurors, selection, empaneling, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Labor of human beings not to be
considered commodity or article of
commerce............................. 1 17
Law not to be enacted except by bill... 3 13
Literature fund, capital to be
preserved............................ 11 3
Lottery, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Lottery tickets, prohibition against
sale................................. 1 9
Members,
Civil appointments, certain, not to
receive............................ 3 7
Compensation and allowances,
prohibition against increase or
diminution during term............. 3 6
Extra compensation not to be given... 3 6
Money, regulating rate of interest,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Municipal public utility services,
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laws governing profits............... 3 18
Municipalities, right to levy taxes
for previously-contracted
indebtedness, not to restrict........ 8 12
Names of persons, changing, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
New York city, certain county offices
within,
Prohibition against passage of
certain laws affecting,
exceptions......................... 13 13(c)
New York city,
Prohibition against passage of
certain laws affecting,
exceptions......................... 13 13(c)
Pension and retirement systems,
benefits not to be diminished or
impaired............................. 5 7
Petition, right, prohibition against
abridgement.......................... 1 9
Pool-selling, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Prison labor, use and disposition of
products............................. 3 24
Prisoners, labor, prohibition against
certain disposition.................. 3 24
Private property not to be taken
without just compensation............ 1 7
Public corporations,
Certain, prohibition against
creation except by special act..... 10 5
Creation, prohibition against,
exceptions......................... 8 3
Obligations, state or local
liability, prohibition against
acceptance or imposition,
exceptions......................... 10 5,6
Powers to contract indebtedness and
collect real estate charges,
referendum required, exception..... 10 5
Public officers,
Compensation fixed by law, not to
receive additional................. 13 7
Members of legislature............... 3 6
Fees, etc., increasing or decreasing
during term, action by general
laws only.......................... 3 17
Oath of office, constitutional,
other tests prohibited............. 13 1
Public work, limitation on days, hours
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and wages............................ 1 17
Railroad tracks, privilege of laying,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Registration of voters, certain cities
and villages, personal application
not required......................... 2 5
Religious schools, aid or maintenance,
use of public money or property
prohibited........................... 11 3
Religious worship, freedom, guaranty... 1 3
Right of assembly and petition not to
be abridged.......................... 1 9
Roads, opening, closing, etc., action
by general laws only................. 3 17
Savings banks, capital stock and
interests of directors and trustees.. 10 3
Searches and seizures, unreasonable,
prohibited........................... 1 12
Self-incrimination, prohibition
against.............................. 1 6
Senate districts, formation............ 3 4
State comptroller, prohibition
against assignment of administrative
duties, exception.................... 5 1
State credit, prohibition against
gifts or loans for private purposes,
exceptions........................... 7 8
State debts,
Laws creating, approval of people
required, limitations on
submission......................... 7 11
Manner of payment, limitations....... 7 12
Prohibition against contracting
except for single work or purpose.. 7 11
Term not to exceed probable life of
work or purpose.................... 7 12
State departments, new, prohibition
against.............................. 5 3
State officers, constitutional,
Compensation, prohibition against
increase or decrease during term... 13 7
Fees, prohibition against receiving.. 13 7
State moneys, prohibition against gifts
or loans for private purposes,
exceptions........................... 7 8
Street railroads, construction or
operation, consents required......... 3 17
Supreme court justices,
Compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term............... 6 25(a)
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Number, limitation................... 6 6(d)
Surrogates' court, judges,
compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term................. 6 25(a)
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
prohibition against special laws..... 1 7
Swamps and low lands, draining, action
by general laws only................. 3 17
Taxation,
Assessments not to exceed full
value.............................. 16 2
Exemptions, granting by general laws
only............................... 16 1
Intangible personal property,
Excise tax, prohibition against
levy because of ownership or
possession....................... 16 3
Taxing ad valorem, prohibition
against.......................... 16 3
Religious, education and charitable
corporations, certain, prohibition
against alteration or repeal of
exemptions......................... 16 1
Surrender or suspension of power,
prohibition against, exception..... 16 1
Undistributed profits, prohibition
against taxing..................... 16 3
Taxes, discrimination in rates or
methods prohibited................... 16 4
Tax laws, tax and object to be
distinctly stated.................... 3 22
Tax revenues, funds for stabilization,
requirements......................... 7 17
Telephone and telegraph communications,
communications, unreasonable
interceptions prohibited............. 1 12
Trial by jury, right to remain
inviolate............................ 1 2
United States deposit fund, capital
to be preserved...................... 11 3
Vacancies in office, elective,
limitation on duration of
appointments......................... 13 3
Villages,
Incorporation, action by general
law only........................... 3 17
Property, affairs or government, action
by general laws only, exceptions... 9 2(b)
Special laws affecting, prohibition
against, exceptions................ 9 2(b)
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Villages, 5,000 or more,
Housing, indebtedness in excess of
constitutional limitations,
conditions for authorization....... 18 4
Voting, designating places, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
Wild life conservation and reforestation,
prohibition against lease, sale,
exchange or taking of lands.......... 14 3
Witnesses, prohibition against
unreasonable detention............... 1 5
Rules and regulations of state
agencies, filing and publication..... 4 8
Rules of proceedings, each house
to determine......................... 3 9
Savings banks,
Charters to be made uniform.......... 10 3
Special charters not to be
granted............................ 10 3
School districts (see "School Districts").
Schools (see "Schools").
Senate (see also "Senate"):
Heads of departments, appointment
subject to advice and consent...... 5 4
Lieutenant-governor to have only
casting vote....................... 4 6
Members of boards and commissions,
appointment subject to advice and
consent............................ 5 4
President, lieutenent-governor to
serve.............................. 4 6
Senate districts (see "Senate Districts").
Senators (see "Senators")
Sessions,
Annual session, time for meeting....... 13 4
Court on the judiciary, notification
of removal charges, legislature
deemed to be in session............ 6 22(e)
Extraordinary,
Governor, power to convene........... 4 3
Subjects recommended by governor,
action restricted to............... 4 3
Sinking funds (see "Sinking Funds").
Slum clearance (see "Housing" under
"Legislature").
Social welfare (see Social Welfare").
Social welfare board (see "Social Welfare
Board").
Speaker, assembly to choose.............. 3 9
Special laws (see "Local Laws," "Special
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Art. Sec.
Laws").
Special sessions (see Special Sessions,
New York city" under "Duties").
State agencies, powers and formation... 5 3
State claims or demands, bills releasing,
three-fifths quorum for passage........ 3 23
State comptroller (see "State
Comptroller").
State debts (see also "State"),
Approval, power to forbid further
debt or liability.................... 7 11
Bills creating, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Refunding, conditions................ 7 13
Repeal, when allowable............... 7 11
Single purpose or work, statement
in law authorizing................. 7 11
State departments (see also "State
Departments"),
Assignment of new powers and
functions.......................... 5 3
Consolidation........................ 5 3
New departments not to be created.... 5 3
Powers and functions, assignment
and change......................... 5 3
Reduction of number.................. 5 3
State enumeration, when to be made....... 3 4
State thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under Legislature. Powers").
Statutory revision bills not subject to
certain restrictions................... 3 21
Subsidies for housing purposes
(see "Housing").
Support, certain persons,
power to provide....................... 7 8
Supreme court (see also "Supreme Court"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Justices,
Increase of number, limitation....... 6 6(d)
Reapportionment in altered
judicial districts................. 6 6(b)
Removal from office for cause........ 6 23(a)
Retirement for disability............ 6 22(a)
Temporary, during military service
of elected justices................ 6 20(b)(1)
Surrogates' courts (see "Surrogates' court"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
authorization by general law........... 1 7
Tax limitation on realty, detemination of
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local indebtedness..................... 8 11
Taxation (see also "Taxation and taxes"),
Supervision, review and equalization
of assessments...................... 16 2
Taxes, laws imposing, continuing or
reviving,
Nature and object of tax to be
distinctly stated.................. 3 22
Prohibition against fixing tax or
object by reference to existing
law................................ 3 22
Quorum, three-fifths, required
for passage........................ 3 23
Tax revenue stabilization fund,
authorization........................ 7 17
Temporary president, senate to choose.... 3 9
Temporary state commissions(see "State
Commissions").
Term, legislative, commencement.......... 13 4
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing certain bills.................. 3 23
Thruway corporations (see "State
thruway corporations" under
"Legislature Powers").
Time of assembly each year............... 13 4
Time to act following notification by
court on the judiciary................. 6 22(e)
Town courts (see "Town courts" under
"Duties" and "Powers").
Town officers, election.................. 2 7
Towns (see also "Towns"),
Creation of new, unaffected by
restrictions on assembly districts... 3 5
Division, unaffected by restrictions
on assembly districts................ 3 5
Payments to certain institutions,
authorization........................ 8 1
Transportation of school children........ 11 3
Treason, pardon, commutation or
reprieve after conviction.............. 4 4
University of the state of New York,
powers................................. 11 2
Vacancy in office (see "Vacancy in
Office").
Village courts (see "Village courts"
under "Duties" and "Powers").
Villages (see "villages").
Vote required for action,
Majority vote, ordinary quorum,
Assembly, power of impeachment....... 6 24
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Bills, generally..................... 3 14
Constitutional amendments,
concurrent resolutions proposing... 19 1
Majority vote, three-fifths quorum,
Appropriations of public money or
property, bills making,continuing
or reviving........................ 3 23
Debt or charge against state, bills
creating........................... 3 23
Claim or demand of state, bills
releasing, discharging or commuting 3 23
Taxes, bills imposing, continuing or
reviving........................... 3 23
Two-thirds vote, ordinary quorum,
Appropriations for local or private
purposes........................... 3 20
Court of appeals, judges, concurrent
resolutions removing from office... 6 23(a)
Court for trial of impeachments,
conviction......................... 6 24
Items of appropriation disapproved,
passage over veto.................. 4 7
Local governments, special bills
affecting.......................... 9 2(b)
New York city, certain bills relating
to certain county offices.......... 13 13(c)
Supreme court, justices, concurrent
resolutions removing from office..... 6 23(a)
Vetoed bills, passage on
reconsideration.................... 4 7
Workers' compensation, system, laws.... 1 18
Yeas and nays to be taken on final
passage of bills....................... 3 14,23
Libel:
Criminal prosecutions or indictments,
Acquittal, when required............... 1 8
Jury, determination of law and fact.... 1 8
Truth may be given in evidence......... 1 8
Liberty (see also "Rights and Privileges"):
Conscience, not to excuse certain
acts and practices..................... 1 3
Freedom of speech and press guaranteed... 1 8
Guaranty against deprivation without
due process of law..................... 1 6
Religious worship and belief, guaranty... 1 3
Licentiousness:
Liberty of conscience not to excuse
acts of................................ 1 3
Lieutenant-Governor (see also
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect"):
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Absence from state, temporary
president of senate to act 4 6
Absence or impeachment, temporary
president to preside 3 9
Acting governor, when to serve........... 4 5
Compensation............................. 4 6
Election,
Jointly, with governor................. 4 1
Single vote, applicable to both
governor and lieutenant-governor..... 4 1
Time................................... 4 1,6
Eligibility for office, qualifications... 4 6
Governor,
Duties when performed by lieutenant-
governor............................. 4 5
Election jointly with lieutenant-
governor............................. 4 1
Impeachment,
Court for trial, not to serve as
member............................... 6 24
Temporary president of senate to act... 4 6
Inability to discharge powers and duties
of governor, temporary president of
senate to act.......................... 4 6
Qualifications for office,
Age.................................... 4 2,6
Citizenship requirement................ 4 2,6
Residence in state..................... 4 2,6
Senate, president, to serve,............. 4 6
Casting vote only...................... 4 6
Succession to office..................... 4 6
Term of office........................... 4 1
Vacancy in office,
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
temporary president of senate to act. 4 6
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
vacancies to be filled for
unexpired terms...................... 4 6
Temporary president of senate to act... 4 6
Votes, highest number to determine
election............................. 4 1
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect:
Death of governor-elect prior to assuming
office, lieutenant-governor
elect to serve......................... 4 5
Life:
Guaranty against deprivation without due
process of law 1 6
Loans:
Counties, money and credit for private
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purposes prohibited, exceptions........ 8 1
Counties to villages, advancement of
taxes,authorization 16 2
Low rent housing, authorization.......... 18 2
Municipal corporation, money and credit
for private purposes prohibited,
exceptions............................. 8 1
Municipalities,
Legislature's duty to restrict powers.. 9 9
Low rent housing, authorization........ 18 2
Savings banks and institutions, interest
of director or trustee prohibited...... 10 3
School district, money and credit for
private purposes prohibited,
exceptions............................. 8 1
State,
Housing,
Conditions........................... 18 6
Subsidies to avoid municipal default,
prohibition against................ 18 5
Low rent housing, authorization........ 18 2
Money for private purposes prohibited,
exceptions........................... 7 8
Nursing home accommodations,
authorization........................ 18 2
Power to borrow money.................. 7 9
Public housing corporation,
liability of municipality............ 18 5
Towns, money and credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions...... 8 1
Villages, money and credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions...... 8 1
Local Bills (see "Bills,"
"Local Laws," "Special Laws").
Local Finances (see also "Municipalities"):
General provisions relating to........... 8 1-12
Local Government (see also "Municipalities"
and specific headings):
Existing consistent laws continued....... 9 3(b)
General provisions relating to........... 9 1-3
Local Laws (see also "Bills,"
"Special Laws"):
Adoption and amendment, power
of local governments................... 9 1(a)
....................................... 2(c)
Cases in which private or local
bills are not authorized............... 3 17
City of New York, abolition of certain
county offices......................... 9 8
Existing consistent laws, continuation... 9 13
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Limitation to one subject to
be expressed in title,................. 3 15
Statutory revision bills excepted........ 3 21
Statutory revision bills not
subject to certain restrictions........ 3 21
Title, subject to be expressed........... 3 15
Lotteries:
Authorization for operation by state..... 1 9
Lottery Tickets:
Authorization for sale of certain........ 1 9
LOTTO:
Conduct authorized, subject to certain
limitations............................ 1 9
LOW RENT HOUSING (See "Housing").
MAGISTRATES' COURT:
New York city,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred
to city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction......................... 6 35(f)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Judges, to be judges of city-wide
court of criminal jurisdiction....... 6 35(d)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(1)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
MAJOR-GENERAL (see "Militia").
MAJORITY VOTE (see "Legislature").
MANDATES:
Courts, service and execution............ 6 1(c)
MANUFACTURING PLANTS:
Rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
MAYORS:
New York city, mayor and local
legislative body may request merger
of city-wide courts of civil and
criminal jurisdiction.................. 6 1(a)
....................................... 15(a)
Special laws, requests................... 9 11,16
MECHANIC'S LIENS:
Jurisdiction in foreclosure,
County courts.......................... 6 11(a)
District courts........................ 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court of civil
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jurisdiction......................... 6 15(b)
MENTAL DEFECTIVES:
State to provide for care and treatment.. 17 4
MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department,
Appointment and removal................ 5 4
Visitation of institutions............. 17 4
Institutions not subject to inspection
by social welfare board................ 17 2
MENTALLY ILL:
Education, power of legislature to
provide................................ 7 8
Support, legislative power to provide.... 7 8
MILITARY FORCES (see "Militia").
MILITIA:
Legislature, to provide for maintenance
and regulation......................... 12 1
Maintenance and regulation, legislative
duty to provide........................ 12 1
MINORS (see "Children").
MISDEMEANORS:
Prosecution by indictment, legislature
may grant jurisdiction thereof to
city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction, New York city............ 6 7(a),15(c)
MONEY (see also "State Moneys"):
Action for recovery thereof,
County court, limitation............... 6 11(a)
District court, limitation............. 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court, civil
jurisdiction, limitation............. 6 15(b)
Bills appropriating, passage............. 4 7
Location for purposes of taxation........ 16 3
Rate of interest not to be regulated by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 4 4
MULTIPLE DWELLINGS:
Loans for rehabilitation................. 18 2
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (see
"Municipalities").
MUNICIPAL COURT:
New York city,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred to
city-wide court of civil jurisdiction 6 35(e)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof.......... 6 35(a)
Judges, to be judges of city-wide court
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of civil jurisdiction for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(c)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
MUNICIPALITIES (see also specific titles,
"Cities," "Towns," etc.):
Accounts, supervision by state
comptroller............................ 5 1
Advances by counties to towns and school
districts.............................. 8 1
Agencies, payments to certain private,
authorized............................. 8 1
Assessed valuation of real property,
limitations based on, housing.......... 18 4
Assessments, cities, towns and villages,
legislative power to restrict.......... 8 12
Assessments, state comptroller's powers.. 5 1
Average full valuation of real property
as basis for tax limitation............ 8 10
Bingo may be authorized by certain....... 1 9
Bridges, building, authorization by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
Bonds (see also "Indebtedness" under
"Municipalities"),
Amortization, payment of interest and
principal............................ 8 2
Ownership in private corporation
prohibited........................... 8 1
Pension or retirement system,
limitation of indebtedness........... 8 5
Redemption, appropriations............. 8 2
Charitable institutions, payments
authorized............................. 8 1
Civil service, appointments and
promotions............................. 5 6
Compensation of public officers subject
to taxation............................ 16 5
Correctional institutions,
Funds for privately operated,
authorized........................... 8 1
Indebtedness for maintenance and
education of inmates................. 8 1
Creation (see also "Organization" under
"Municipalities"),
Certain municipal corporations,
restrictions.......................... 8 3
Prohibition against special laws
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inapplicable......................... 10 1
Drainage systems,
Common or excess, authorized........... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a
Revenues, restrictions on use.......... 8 2-a
Election, indebtedness................... 8 1
Eleemosynary institutions, payments to... 8 1
Employees,
Salaries and hours, provision.......... 9 2(c)
Welfare and safety, provision.......... 9 2(c)
Existing laws to continue until changed,
exceptions............................. 9 3(b)
Expenditures, taxes excluded from tax
limitation of certain.................. 8 11
Family homes, indebtedness for
maintenance and education.............. 8 1
Finance (see "Indebtedness" under
"Municipalities").
Firefighters, retired, pensions may be
increased.............................. 8 1
Forest lands, construction etc.,
of reservoirs.......................... 14 2
Gift of money or credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions........ 8 1
Grade crossing elimination,
liability for proportion............... 7 14
Health service for children,
authorization.......................... 8 1
Housing (see also "Housing"),
Corporations, indebtedness, guaranty
of payment, authorization............ 18 2
Loans for rehabilitation............... 18 2
Multiple dwellings, owners of
existing, loans prohibited........... 18 10
Indebtedness,
Action to compel setting apart funds
for payment.......................... 8 2
Advances to towns and school districts
by counties for unpaid taxes......... 8 1
Amount, determination.................. 8 4
Appropriation for payment.............. 8 2
Children, education and care
authorized........................... 8 1
County within or co-terminous
with city............................ 8 9
Creation of debt by public
corporations, consent required....... 8 3
Drainage purposes, exclusion
from limitation...................... 8 2-a
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..................................... 8 5-7a
Exclusions from debt limitation........ 18 4,5
Exclusions from tax limitation......... 8 11
Family homes, maintenance
and education........................ 8 1
Fiscal officer, setting apart
money for payment.................... 8 2
Housing (see "Housing").
Legislature may limit power of levying
taxes or incurring indebtedness...... 8 12
Limitations............................ 8 2,4
Loans by state to public housing
corporations, liability.............. 18 5
City, exclusion of liability
from debt limit.................... 18 5
Mental defectives, care authorized..... 17 4
Needy, care authorized................. 8 1
New York city (see "New York City").
Payment, provisions, exception......... 8 2
Pension and retirement systems,
exclusion from limitation............ 8 5
Period for which contracted
or refunded.......................... 8 2
Pledge of faith and credit for
payment,............................. 8 2
Housing projects..................... 18 4
Power to contract,
Counties, where power ceases......... 8 9
Limitations and restrictions......... 8 1-12
................................... 8 3-7a,
Manner of ascertainment.............. 9,12
Prior indebtedness not affected
by constitutional limitations........ 8 8
Public corporations.................... 8 3
Public improvements and services,
exclusion from debt limitation,
Amount, methods of determination..... 8 5
Annual net revenue, condition,
determination...................... 8 5
Average net revenue, power of
legislature........................ 8 5
Conditions, limitations and
restrictions....................... 8 5
Drainage purposes, exclusion
from limitation.................... 8 2-a
Excess revenues, use................. 8 5
Existing exclusions unaffected....... 8 5
First year of operation.............. 8 5
Legislature, powers.................. 8 5
Net revenue, methods
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of determination................... 8 5
Other exclusions granted by
constitution unaffected............ 8 5
Revenues, application and use........ 8 5
Sewage purposes, exclusion
from limitation.................... 8 2-a,5
State comptroller to make
determination, legislature
may provide........................ 8 2-a,5
Supreme court, jurisdiction to
determine amount, power to confer.. 8 5
Purposes for which contracted.......... 8 2
Refunding, conditions.................. 8 2
Sewage purposes, exclusion
from limitation...................... 8 2-a
Short term certificates,
exclusion from debt limitations...... 8 5
Tax limitation on real property........ 8 10-12
Validity of certain not affected....... 8 8
Void when contracted in excess
of limitations, exceptions........... 8 4
Water supply, exclusion from limitation 8 5
Institutions, payment to certain,
authorized........................... 8 1
Joint municipal facilities or services,
Municipalities may join
together to provide.................. 8 1
Indebtedness, joint or several,
may be contracted therefor........... 8 1
Taxes and charges may be imposed
therefor............................. 8 1
Laws relating to government, reservation
of legislative power................. 9 2(c)
Loans,
Credit, legislature to restrict powers. 8 12
Multiple dwellings, low rent projects,
public corporations.................. 18 2
Nursing homes, accommodations
for persons of low income............ 18 2
State,
Housing project, subsidy to
avoid default prohibited........... 18 5
Public housing corporation,
liability.......................... 18 5
Lotto may be authorized by certain....... 1 9
Municipal public utility services
(see also "Public improvements and
services" under "Municipalities"):
Fair returns on property used.......... 3 18
General municipal purposes,
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use of profits....................... 3 18
Operating costs and reserves,
earnings above not prohibited........ 3 18
Operation, certain restrictions on
legislative power.................... 3 18
Refund to consumers, use of profits.... 3 18
Revenues and profits, use not
subject to certain legislative
restrictions....................... 3 18
Taxes, amounts equivalent to,
right to earn........................ 3 18
Nursing homes, loans to corporations
authorized............................. 18 2
Officers (See also "Public Officers"),
Election when no constitutional
provision............................ 9 1(b)
Extra compensation prohibited..........
Legislative power...................... 8 12
Organization (see also "Creation"
under "Municipalities"),
Cities, provision...................... 9 2(a)
Counties, provision.................... 9 2(a)
Towns, provision....................... 9 2(a)
Villages, provision.................... 9 2(a)
Orphan asylums, payments to.............. 8 1
Pensions not subject to taxation......... 16 5
Pension and retirement systems, debts
excluded in computing limitation....... 8 5
Pledge of faith and credit,
Low rent housing projects.............. 18 4
Payment of indebtedness,............... 8 2
Public corporations.................. 8 3
Police officers, retired, pensions may be
increased.............................. 8 1
Prison labor, may benefit from work done
by or receive products of ............. 3 24
Private corporations or associations,
ownership of stocks or bonds prohibited 8 1
Public corporations (see also "Public
Corporations"),
Acquisition of properties and payment
of indebtedness...................... 10 5
Creation, consent required........... 8 3
Inclusion in debt limitation......... 8 3
Liability for obligations prohibited... 10 5
Public health, protection, provision..... 17 3
Public improvements and services (see
also "Municipal public utility
services" under "Municipality"),
Exclusion from debt limitation......... 8 2-a, 5
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Expenditures, certain, exclusion from
tax limitation of certain............ 8 11
Revenues of certain, application and
use,................................. 8 10-a
Water supply, restrictions
inapplicable to...................... 8 10-a
Public work, employees................... 1 17
....................................... 9 2(c)
Railroad crossing elimination, liability
for expense............................ 7 14
Reformatories, payments to............... 8 1
Refunding indebtedness, conditions....... 8 2
Reservoirs, cost of operation and
improvements, how apportioned.......... 14 2
Retirement system, debts excluded in
computing limitation................... 8 5
Revenue producing services............... 8 5, 10-a
School district, advances by county for
unpaid taxes........................... 8 1
Sewage systems,
Common or excess, authorized........... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a
Revenues, restrictions on use.......... 8 2-a
Social welfare, provision................ 17 1
State social welfare board,
Inspection of institution, agency or
home................................. 8 1
Visitation of institution.............. 17 2
Stock, ownership in private corporations
prohibited............................. 8 1
Taxes and assessments,
Appropriations for redemption of
certain evidence of indebtedness..... 8 2
Average assessed valuation, manner of
determining for debt limit purposes.. 8 4
Average full valuation, manner of
determining for tax limit purposes... 8 10
Cities, counties, towns and villages,
legislature to restrict powers....... 8 12
Education purposes, exclusion from tax
limit of certain..................... 8 10
Expenditures, certain, exclusion from
tax limitation....................... 8 11
Limitation of power.................... 8 12
Public corporations, certain, consent
to contract indebtedness............. 8 3
Real property, power to levy,
limitations, exclusions.............. 8 3,
................................... 10-12
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Redevelopment projects................. 16 6
State comptroller's powers............. 5 1
Towns, advances by county for unpaid
taxes................................ 8 1
Water supply,
Common, authorized................... 8 2-a
Excess, authorized..................... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a, 5
Revenues, restrictions on use
inapplicable......................... 8 10-a
NAMES OF PERSONS:
Change by private or local bill
prohibited............................. 3 17
Nassau County:
District court, continued................ 6 16(a)
Indebtedness, limitation, exceptions..... 8 4
National Guard (see "Militia").
Naval Forces (see also "Militia"):
Governor to be commander-in-chief........ 4 3
Navigation:
Voting residence of persons engaged in... 2 4
Needy (see also "Social Welfare"):
......................................... 7 8
Aid, care and support.................... 8 1
...................................... 17 1
Neglected Children (see also "Children"):
Aid and support, power to provide........ 7 8
Family court, jurisdiction............... 6 13(b)(1)
State board of social welfare, visitation
of institutions........................ 17 2
New Trial:
Appeal from order of appellate division
granting............................... 6 3(b)(3)
Appellate court may grant................ 6 5(a)
New York Authority, Port of (see "Port of
New York Authority")
New York City (see also "Cities"):
Acquisition of land for docks, financing. 8 2
Appointment and removal of county clerks. 13 13(a)
Appointment or election of county
officers when not provided by
constitution........................... 13 13(c)
Bonds,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 5, 7
..................................... 7a
Financing.............................. 8 2
Capital improvements, exclusion from tax
limitation............................. 8 11
Certificates of indebtedness, debts
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excluded from limitation............... 8 5, 7,
....................................... 7a
City-wide courts (see "City-Wide Courts,
New York City").
Council thereof, to have powers of local
legislative body..................... 9 2(e)
Counties in city,
Abolition of certain offices and
assignment of functions.............. 13 13(c)
District attorney, election and removal 13 13(a)
Election or appointment of officers
not provided by constitution......... 13 13(c)
Elective officers to continue in office 13 13(c)
Existing laws to continue.............. 13 13(c)
Legislative power over................. 13 13(c)
Real estate, limitation of taxes....... 8 10
Taxes on real estate, limitation....... 8 10
County clerks (see also "County Clerks"),
Appointment and removal................ 13 13(a)
Assignment of duties to city officers.. 13 13(c)
County courts (see specific counties).
County offices,
Abolition of certain, assignment of
duties to city officers.............. 13 13(c)
Elections.............................. 13 8
Term of office of certain.............. 13 13(c)
Court of general sessions
(see "General Sessions").
District attorney (see also "District
Attorney),
Election and removal................... 13 13(a)
Term of office......................... 13 13(c)
Docks,
Debts excluded from limitation......... 8 7
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Domestic relations court(see "Domestic
Relations Court").
Election or appointment of county officers
when not provided by constitution...... 13 13(c)
Fiscal officer, exclusion of certain
indebtedness from tax limitation....... 8 11
General sessions (see "General Sessions").
Grade crossing elimination, amount of
state money to be segregated........... 7 14
Hospitals, indebtedness, amount excluded
in computing limitation................ 8 7
Improvements, certain, debts excluded
from limitation ....................... 8 7
Indebtedness,
Contribution to sinking fund for
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payment.............................. 8 2
Debts excluded from limitation......... 8 5,7,
..................................... 7a
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Limitation............................. 8 4
Payment for certain improvements....... 8 2
Installments, payment of
indebtedness........................... 8 2
Legislature,
County officers or clerks, passage of
laws affecting....................... 13 13(c)
Message from governor required on laws
affecting certain county officers.... 13 13(c)
Two-thirds vote required on laws
affecting certain county officers.... 13 13(c)
Local laws, abolition of certain
county officers........................ 13 13(c)
Magistrate's court (see "Magistrate's
Court").
Pensions, benefits, increase
authorized for dependents of certain
employees............................ 8 1
Railroads,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 7,7a
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Grade crossing elimination, amount
of state money to be segregated...... 7 14
Rapid Transit (see "Railroads under
"New York City").
Schools, certain debts excluded
from limitation........................ 8 7
Sheriffs (see "Sheriffs").
Special sessions (see "Courts Of Special
Sessions")
Subways, debts excluded in computing
limitation............................. 8 7,7a
Supreme Court (see "Supreme Court").
Taxes,
Limitation on annual, on real estate... 8 10
Real estate, annual, limitation........ 8 10
Valuation affecting limitation of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Valuation limiting indebtedness........ 8 4
Water supply, financing by bonds......... 8 2
NEW YORK Colony:
Common law, acts and resolutions
constituting law of state.............. 1 14
NEW YORK COUNTY:
Court of general sessions,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
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Actions and proceedings, transferred
to supreme court..................... 6 35(b)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Court of general sessions-(Concluded)
Judges, to be justices of supreme court
for remainder of term................ 6 35(b)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY (see "Port of New
York Authority").
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION:
Court on the judiciary, request by
majority of executive committee to
convene.............................. 6 22(d)
NON-JUDICIAL PERSONNEL:
Abolished courts, assignment thereof..... 6 35(l)
NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS:
Tax exemption not to be altered
or repealed............................ 16 1
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS:
Bingo or lotto, conducted by certain,
authorized............................. 1 9
NURSING HOMES:
Accommodations for persons of low income,
legislature may provide............... 18 1
Contracts,
State subsidies, legislature
may provide.......................... 18 2
Subsidies to corporations authorized... 18 2
Loans, authorization..................... 18 2
Subsidies, legislature may provide....... 18 2
OATH OR AFFIRMATION:
Court for trial of impeachments, members
to take................................ 6 24
Public officers to take.................. 13 1
Search and seizures,
Telephone and telegraph communications,
warrant for interception to be
supported............................ 1 12
Warrant to be supported................ 1 12
OBLIGATION OF DEBT:
Preservation............................. 1 15
OFFENSES:
Certain, jurisdiction of family court.... 6 13(b)(7)
OFFICE:
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Duration, not provided by constitution... 13 2
OFFICERS (see "Public Officers").
OLD AGE:
Legislature, power to provide protection
against hazards........................ 7 8
ONEIDA COUNTY:
Special county judge, office abolished,
judge to be judge of family court for
remainder of term.................... 6 35(g)
OPINIONS:
Attorney general, constitutional
amendment.............................. 19 1
ORDERS:
Habeas Corpus............................ 1 3
Interception of telephone and
telegraph communications, conditions
for issuance........................... 1 12
ORGANIZATION:
Labor, right............................. 1 17
ORPHAN ASYLUM (see also"Charitable
Institutions").
Municipalities, authorization of
indebtedness........................... 8 1
OSWEGO CANAL (see also "Canal"):
Disposition, prohibition against......... 15 1
Exceptions............................... 15 2
PAPERS:
Abolished courts, to be deposited with
clerk of county in which courts are
located................................ 6 35(a)
PARDONS:
Communications of each case
to legislature by governor............. 4 4
Governor, power to grant, exceptions..... 4 4
Treason, power of legislature
to grant after conviction.............. 4 4
PARENT AND CHILD (see "Children").
PARI-MUTUEL BETTING:
Horse races, authorization............... 1 9
Revenue, derivation...................... 1 9
PARKS:
Condemnation of property, excess taking.. 1 7
PARKWAYS (see "Highways").
PAROLE:
Children, religious persuasion
to control............................. 6 32
Legislature to provide system............ 17 5
PASSENGERS, RAILROAD (see "Port of New York
Authority").
PATERNITY:
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Establishment, jurisdiction of
family court........................... 6 13(b)(5)
PEACEMAKER COURTS:
Continued................................ 6 32
Judiciary article inapplicable........... 6 32
PENITENTIARIES (see "Correctional
Institutions," "Prisons," "Reformatories").
PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS:
Benefits not to be
diminished or impaired................. 5 7
Cities, local laws, amendment or
repeal................................. 9 1(a)
....................................... 2(c)
Schools, legislative power over........ 9 3(c)
Pensions of retired police officers
and firefighters, may be increased... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Counties,
Pensions of retired police officers
and firefighters may be increased.... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Municipalities,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 5
Retired police officers and fire
fighters, pensions may be increased.. 8 1
Pensions may be increased................ 7 8
Police officers and fire fighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
State employees, exemption from taxation. 16 5
Teachers retirement system,
Pensions payable to widow, widower
or beneficiary of retired member
may be increased..................... 7 8
Towns,
Pensions of retired police officers and
firefighters, may be increased....... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Villages,
Pensions of retired police officers and
firefighters, may be increased....... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
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retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
PEOPLE (see also "Persons," "Rights and
Privileges"):
Definition, local government............. 9 3(c)
PERMANENT REGISTRATION (see also "Elections"):
Systems, authority to enact laws......... 2 6
PERQUISITES OF OFFICE:
Constitutional officers, prohibition
against receiving...................... 13 7
PERSONAL INJURIES:
Damages, amount not to be limited
in case of death....................... 1 16
Right of action not to be abrogated in
case of death.......................... 1 16
PERSONAL PROPERTY (see also "Property"):
Liens, jurisdiction to foreclose,
County courts.......................... 6 11(a)
District courts........................ 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court
of civil jurisdiction.................. 6 15(b)
Taxation,
Excise tax prohibited, exception....... 16 3
Intangibles not taxed ad valorem....... 16 3
Place where deemed located............. 16 3
PERSONNEL:
Non-judicial, abolished courts,
assignment thereof..................... 6 35(1)
PERSONS (see also "People," "Rights and
Privileges"):
Due process, deprivation of life, liberty
or property prohibited................. 1 6
Exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise by private or local bill
prohibited............................. 3 17
Laying railroad tracks, privilege
by private orlocal bill prohibited..... 3 17
Name, change, private or
local bill prohibited.................. 3 17
Searches and seizures, protection against
unreasonable........................... 1 12
PETE GAY MOUNTAIN:
Forest preserve, construction of certain
ski trails authorized.................. 14 1
PETIT JURY (see "Jury"):
PETIT LARCENY:
Indictment by grand jury unnecessary..... 1 6
PETITION:
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Right guaranteed......................... 1 9
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED:
Education and support,
legislature to provide................. 7 8
PLACES OF VOTING:
Designation by private or local
bill prohibited........................ 3 17
POLICE OFFICERS, RETIRED:
Pensions, right of municipalities
to increase............................ 8 1
POLITICAL PARTIES (see also "Elections"):
Party positions, primary elections
may be waived in certain cases......... 1 1
Sex, rules may provide for equal
representation on committes............ 13 1
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (see also "Cities, "
"Counties," "Municipalities,"etc):
Accounts, supervision by comptroller..... 5 1
Health, protection and promotion......... 17 3
Needy, aid, care and support............. 17 1
Officers and employees, salaries
subject to taxation.................... 16 5
Pensions, exemption from taxation........ 16 5
Schools, denominational, religious,
state aid prohibited................... 11 3
POLITICAL YEAR:
Commencement............................. 13 4
POOL-SELLING (see also "Gambling"):
Prohibition against authorization........ 1 9
POOR (see also "Social Welfare"):
Municipalities, authorization of
indebtedness to support................ 8 1
Legislature, power to provide............ 7 8
POPULATION (see "Federal Census"):
Port of New York Authority:
Railroad passenger facilities,
Lease of, to railroads................. 10 7
Liabilty of state for obligations
issued to purchase................... 10 7
Obligations for certain, guaranty
by state............................. 10 7
Purchase and lease, authority.......... 10 7
State, liability for certain
obligations.......................... 10 7
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE:
Legislature, may delegate power to
regulate............................... 6 30
PREAMBLE OF CONSTITUTION................... Page 12
PREFERENCE:
Housing, occupancy of low rent projects,
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restrictions........................... 18 6
Religious worship, prohibition against... 1 3
PRESIDENT OF SENATE:
Absence or impeachment of lieutenant-
governor, temporary president to
discharge duties of office............. 4 6
Court for trial of impeachments,
member................................. 6 24
Lieutenant-governor acting as
governor, temporary president to
discharge duties of office............. 4 6
Lietenant-governor to be................. 4 6
Notification of removal charges before
court on the judiciary................. 6 22(e)
PRESS:
Freedom guaranteed....................... 1 8
PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE
(see "Public Work").
PRINTING:
Bills, requirement....................... 3 14
PRISONS (see also "Correctional
Institutions," "Reformatories"):
Labor,
Contract system abolished and
prohibited........................... 3 24
Political subdivisions may benefit
from work done or products........... 3 24
Products or profits not to benefit any
person or corporation................ 3 24
Public institutions may benefit from
work done or products................ 3 24
State may benefit from work done or
products............................. 3 24
Legislature to provide for support and
maintenance............................ 17 5
Occupation and employment of prisoners... 3 24
Voting residence unaffected while
confined............................... 2 4
PRIVATE AND LOCAL BILLS (see "Bills,"
"Local Laws," "Special Laws").
PRIVATE PROPERTY (see "Property").
PRIVATE ROADS:
Benefits, payment........................ 1 7
Opening, jury to determine necessity and
amount of damage....................... 1 7
PRIVILEGES (see "Rights and Privileges").
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Warrents for search and seizure.......... 1 12
PROBATE OF WILLS:
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Surrogate's court, jurisdiction.......... 6 12(d)
PROBATION:
Legislature to provide system............ 17 5
PROCESSES:
Courts, service and execution............ 6 1(c)
PRODUCE:
Offices for weighing, etc., abolished.... 5 5
PROFITS:
Housing; loans to certain corporations... 18 2
Non--profit organizations, alteration or
repeal of tax exemptions prohibited.... 16 1
Savings banks; trustees to have no
interest in profits of corporation..... 10 3
Undistributed, taxation prohibited....... 16 3
PROPERTY (see also "Lands"):
Condemnation for public use.............. 1 7
Due process, deprivation prohibited...... 1 6
Exemption from taxation by private or
local bill prohibited.................. 3 17
Private property, compensation when taken
for public use......................... 1 7
Real property, comptroller's powers
respecting assessment and taxation..... 5 1
PROSECUTION:
Capital or infamous crimes, by indictment
of grand jury, exceptions.............. 1 6
PUBLIC AGENCIES (see "Public
Corporations").
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (see "Public Corporations").
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS (see also specific titles,
"Cities," "Towns," etc.):
Accounts subject to supervision.......... 10 5
Bridges, building, authorization by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
Comptroller to supervise accounts........ 10 5
Creation,
Prohibition against certain, exception. 8 3
Special act only, exceptions........... 10 5
Drainage systems, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
Employment,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, unauthorized........... 7 8
Housing,
Acquisition of property................ 18 9
Definition............................. 18 2
Eminent domain authorized.............. 18 2,9
Excess property, acquisition and use... 18 3
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Indebtedness, liability, how computed,. 18 7
Payment, guaranty by muncipality..... 18 2
Loans authorized,...................... 18 2
Municipal liability for repayment
to state............................. 18 5
Subsidies authorized................... 18 2
Subsidy to avoid default on state loan
prohibited........................... 18 5
Indebtedness,
Payment by state or political
subdivision............................ 10 5
Restrictions on power to contract...... 8 3
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
Manufacturing plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
Obligations,
Liability of state or political
subdivisions prohibited, exception..... 10 5,6
Powers when created pursuant to
interstate compact..................... 10 5
Powers to be limited, exceptions......... 10 5
Property, acquisition by state or
political subdivisions................. 10 5
Sewage systems, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
Special act for creation, exceptions..... 10 5
Thruways,
Bonds, liability of state.............. 10 6
Canal lands, use....................... 10 6
Obligations, liability of state........ 10 6
Water supply, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
PUBLIC HEALTH (see "Health and Safety").
PUBLIC HOUSING (see "Housing").
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (see "Improvements,"
"Municipalities").
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS:
Prison labor, may receive work
done or products....................... 3 24
Visitation and inspection................ 17 2-6
Voting residence unaffected while
confined at certain.................... 2 4
PUBLIC OFFICE:
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Disqualification of certain judges and
justices from holding other............ 6 20(b)(1)
Duration when not otherwise provided..... 13 2
Duties, succession during certain
emergencies, legislature to provide.... 3 25
Forfeiture,
Refusal to sign waiver of immunity in
certain cases........................ 1 6
Refusal to testify concerning conduct.. 1 6
Impeachment,
Removal from office and
disqualification..................... 6 24
Inquiry into conduct by grand jury....... 1 6
Judges, removal by court on the
judiciary, disqualification............ 6 22(c)
Powers, succession during certain
emergencies, legislature to provide.... 3 25
Primary elections, waiver authorized in
certain cases.......................... 1 1
Refusal of public officers to testify or
waive immunity, disqualification from
holding other public office or
employment............................. 1 6
Succession to powers and duties, periods
of certain emergencies, legislature to
provide................................ 3 25
PUBLIC OFFICERS (see also specific
officers):
Assembly members, extra compensation
prohibited............................. 3 6
Attorney general to institute suit for
forfeiture of office................... 1 6
Bribery, expense of investigation or
prosecution state charge............... 13 13(b)
Compensation (see also "Compensation"),
Change during term prohibited.......... 13 7
Constitutional officers................ 13 7
Taxation, subject to................... 16 5
Constitutional provisions relating to.... 13 1-7
Duration of office when not provided by
constitution........................... 13 2
Election, certain........................ 13 8
Fees,
Constitutional officer................. 13 7
Increase or decrease during term by
private or local bill prohibited..... 3 17
Forfeiture of office..................... 1 6
Immunity, penalty for failure to sign
waiver................................. 1 6
Impeachment, majority vote required,..... 6 24
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Liability to indictment and punishment
unaffected........................... 6 24
Indictment or information, power of
grand juries........................... 1 6
Legislature, members ineligible for
certain other public offices........... 3 7
Limitation upon test..................... 13 1
Local, method of selection when not
otherwise provided..................... 9 1(b)
Member of legislature, extra
compensation prohibited................ 3 6
Misconduct in office, power of grand
Jury not to be impaired................ 1 6
Oath of office........................... 13 1
Pension or retirement systems, benefits
not to be diminished................... 5 7
Pensions not subject to taxation......... 16 5
Power of grand jury to investigate not
subject to suspension or impairment.... 1 6
Proceedings involving, appeals to court
of appeals............................. 6 3(b)(5)
Refusal to testify or waive immunity,
disqualification from holding other
public office or employment............ 1 6
Removal from office (see also "Removal
from Office"),
Failure to sign waiver of immunity
in certain cases..................... 1 6
Failure to testify before grand jury
concerning official duties........... 1 6
Misconduct or malversation, vacancies.. 13 5
Salaries (see "Compensation" under
"Public Officers").
Senators, extra compensation prohibited.. 3 6
Sex, equal representation on committees
of political parties................... 13 1
State officers (see also specific state
officers),
General provisions..................... 5 1-7
Legislature of assign functions........ 5 3
Rules and regulations, filing and
publication.......................... 4 8
Term of office, duration when not
provided by constitution............. 13 2
Vacancies in office,................... 13 6
Declaration when not provided by
constitution....................... 13 6
Filling................................ 13 3,5
PUBLIC SAFETY:
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Suspension of writ of habeas corpus...... 1 4
PUBLIC SCHOOLS (see "Schools").
PUBLIC SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
PUBLIC USE (see "Eminent Domain," "Lands,"
"Property").
PUBLIC UTILITIES (see also
"Municipalities"):
Municipal operation, profits,
restriction on legislative power....... 3 18
PUBLIC WELFARE (see "Social Welfare").
PUBLIC WORK:
Collective bargaining.................... 1 17
Days of labor, limitation, exception..... 1 17
Employees, rights generally, legislative
power.................................. 9 2(c)
....................................... 13 14
Hours of labor, limitation, exception.... 1 17
Wages, prevailing rate to be paid........ 1 17
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
PUBLICATION:
Legislature, journal of proceedings...... 3 10
Rules and regulations of state
departments and officers............... 4 8
PUNISHMENTS:
Cruel and unusual, prohibition against... 1 5
PUPILS (see "Schools").
QUEENS COUNTY:
County court,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred
to supreme court..................... 6 35(b)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Judges, to be justices of supreme
court for remainder of term.......... 6 6(d),35(b)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
QUORUM:
Constitutional convention................ 19 2
Court of appeals......................... 6 2(a)
Legislature,
Majority of each house to constitute... 3 9
Three-fifths required for passing
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certain bills........................ 3 23
Supreme Court,
Appellate division..................... 6 4(b)
Appellate term......................... 6 8(c)
Discrimination in civil rights
prohibited........................... 1 11
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LABOR:
Collective bargaining, protection of
right.................................. 1 17
Commodity or article of commerce,
not to be considered 1 17
....................................... 1 18
Employees, lives, health and safety,
laws for protection.................... 9 2(c)
...................................... 13 14
Local governments, adoption and
amendment of local laws................ 9 2(c)
Organization, protection of right........ 1 17
Prison labor,
Contract system abolished.............. 3 24
Occupation and employment of prisoners. 3 24
Public works,
Days and hours, limitation............. 1 17
Prevailing rate of wages to be paid.... 1 17
Representatives, right of selection...... 1 17
Right to organize and bargain
collectively........................... 1 17
Workers' compensation, system, laws...... 1 18
LABOR DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
LABOR RELATIONS (see "Labor").
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES:
Right of selection by employees.......... 1 17
LABOR UNIONS (see "Labor").
LANDS:
Assessment and taxation of,
comptrollers powers.................... 5 1
Canal (see "Canals").
Drainage (see "Drainage", "Drainage
Systems").
Excess condemnation by cities and
counties for certain purposes.......... 1 7
Forest preserve (see "Conservation").
Lowlands and swamps, drainage by
private or local bill prohibited....... 3 17
Private roads,
Damage from opening, determination
by jury................................ 1 7
Necessity for opening, determination
by jury................................ 1 7
Opening, manner.......................... 1 7
Persons benefited to pay damage
and expense............................ 1 7
Swamp or agricultural, drainage,
Compensation for property taken........ 1 7
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Construction of drains, ditches
and dykes............................ 1 7
Private or local bills prohibited...... 3 17
Property, use.......................... 1 7
Use of ditches and dykes on lands
of others............................ 1 7
LARCENY:
Petit, prosecution by indictment
unnecessary............................ 1 6
LAW, DEPARTMENT OF:
Attorney-general to be head.............. 5 4
LAW, PRACTICE OF:
Prohibition in case of certain judges.... 6 20(b)(4)
LAW OF LAND:
Citizen not to be disenfranchised or
deprived of rights except by........... 1 1
LAW OF STATE (see "State").
LAWS:
Enactment................................ 3 13
Equal protection, guaranty............... 1 11
Existing law not to be made applicable
by reference........................... 3 16
Federal laws, reference thereto
authorized in cases of certain taxes... 3 22
Governor to execute faithfully........... 4 3
LEASES:
Canals, prohibition,..................... 15 1
Exceptions............................. 15 2
Forest preserves, prohibition............ 14 1
Low rent housing project, excess
property acquired...................... 18 8
Reforestation, lands acquired............ 14 3
Wild life conservation, lands acquired... 14 3
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS:
Annual, time for commencement............ 13 4
Extraordinary............................ 4 3
LEGISLATURE:
Absentee voting,
Generally.............................. 2 2
Actions and proceedings (see "Actions
and proceedings" under "Powers").
Additional surrogate, may provide........ 6 12(a)
Adjournment,
More than two days, consent of both
houses required...................... 3 10
No bill to become law after, without
approval by governor................. 4 7
Allowances to members for services as
officers or in special capacities...... 3 6
Annual meeting, time..................... 13 4
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Appeals (see "Appeals" under "Powers").
Appellate division (see "Appellate
division" under "Powers").
Appellate term (see "Appellate term
under "Powers").
Apportionment of assembly members (see
"Apportionment").
Appropriations (see also
"Appropriations"),
Bills,
Amendment or alteration when
submitted by governor.............. 7 4
Approval by governor, when required,
Appropriation bills, generally..... 4 7
................................. 7 6
Budget bills....................... 7 4,6
Appropriating public moneys for
local or private purposes,
two-thirds vote required........... 3 20
Certificate of necessity for
immediate passage of new bills..... 7 5
Effective after passage without
action by governor................. 7 4
Items, approval of some and
disapproval of others.............. 4 7
Passage over veto of items
objected to........................ 4 7
Restriction on consideration of
certain............................ 7 5
Restriction on content of certain.... 7 6
Separate bill for each
appropriation, when required,
exceptions......................... 7 6
Specification of sum, object and
purpose of appropriation,
requirement........................ 7 7
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing............................ 3 23
Two-thirds vote required for
passing certain.................... 3 20
Claims against state, appropriation
to pay............................... 3 19
Contribution to state sinking funds.... 7 16
Court on the judiciary, expenses....... 6 22(h)
Estimates by departments to governor... 7 1
..................................... 4 7
Governor, approval of appropriation
bills................................ 7 4,6
Housing, low rent, etc.,
appropriations from general fund..... 18 2
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Judiciary, appropriations,
Approval of bills by governor........ 7 4
Restrictions on amendment
inapplicable....................... 7 4
Legislature, appropriations,
Approval of bills by governor........ 7 4
Restrictions on amendment
inapplicable....................... 7 4
Moneys not to be paid out except by.... 7 7
New bill, restriction on consideration
prior to action on governor's
bills, exception..................... 7 5
Reforestation, appropriations.......... 14 3
State debts, payment,.................. 7 16
Failure to make, comptroller to set
apart revenues..................... 7 16
State sinking funds,................... 7 15
Failure to make, comptroller to
set apart revenues................. 7 16
Sums not to be fixed by reference
to other laws........................ 7 7
Supplemental appropriation bills,
Submission by governor............... 7 3
Support of government, separate
bills not required................. 7 6
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing.............................. 3 23
Time for payment....................... 7 7
Two-thirds vote required for passing
certain.............................. 3 20
Veto of items, reconsideration and
passage.............................. 4 7
Wild life conservation, appropriations. 14 3
Assembly (see "Assembly").
Assembly districts (see "Assembly
Districts").
Assembly members (see "Assembly
members").
Attorney-general, vacancy in office,
filling................................ 5 1
Banking, special charters, prohibition
against................................ 10 3
Betting on horse races, pari-mutuel,
authorization.......................... 1 9
LEGISLATURE:
Bills ((see also "Bills"),
Amendment by one house of bills passed
by other, ........................... 3 12
Not allowed on last reading............ 3 14
Appropriation (see "Bills" under
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"Legislature, Appropriations").
Approval by governor before becoming
law.................................. 4 7
Assent of majority of each house
required for passing................. 3 14
Ayes and nays on final passage, entry
on journal........................... 3 14
Claims or demands of state, bills
releasing, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Creation of debt, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Desks of members, to remain for three
calendar legislative days............ 3 14
Enacting clause........................ 3 13
Enactment of laws by bills only........ 3 13
Existing laws not to be made
applicable by reference 3 16
Failure of governor to return
within time allowed.................. 4 7
Final adjournment, no bill
to become law after, without
approval of governor................. 4 7
Final passage,
Ayes and nays to be taken............ 3 14
Conditions, exceptions............... 3 14
Majority vote required............... 3 14
Veto, passage over,
two-thirds vote required........... 4 7
Yeas and nays to be taken
on certain bills and entered
on journals........................ 3 23
Form, final, to be printed,
exception............................ 3 14
Governor, action after passage... 3 12
Introduction........................... 3 12
Journal, entry of ayes and nays
on final passage..................... 3 14
Last reading, no amendment permitted... 3 14
Law enacted only by bill............... 3 13
Law, existing, not to be made
applicable by reference.............. 3 16
Law, when bills to become, without
signature of governor................ (4 7
..................................... (5 4
Local (see "Private and local" under
"Legislature, Bills").
Messages required for passage
(see "Bills").
Origination in either house............ 3 12
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Passage (see "Final Passage" under
"Legislature, Bills").
Presentation to and approval by
governor............................. 4 7
Printing, requirement.................. 3 14
Private and local (see also "Local
Laws," "Special Laws"),
Cases in which not authorized...... 3 17
Embracing more than one subject
prohibited....................... 3 15
Statutory revision bills, excepted
from restrictions against........ 3 21
Title, subject matter to be
expressed........................ 3 15
Procedure for passing.................. 3 14
Reconsideration after veto........... 4 7
Statutory revisions, certain
restrictions inapplicable to
bills effecting.................... 3 21
Tax, three-fifths quorum required
for passage........................ 3 23
Time for approval by governor........ 4 7
Veto by governor,
Passage over veto upon
reconsideration.................. 4 7
Return to house of origin
with objections.................. 4 7
Vote required for final passage
(see "Bills").
Board of supervisors (see "Board of
Supervisors")
Bonus (see "Bonus").
Budget (see "Budget").
Canals (see "Canals").
Capital improvements, New York city
determination as to exclusion from
tax limitation......................... 8 11
Cases prosecutable otherwise than
by indictment of grand jury,
authority to regulate.................. 1 6
Cities (see "Cities").
Citizenship requirement for service
as member.............................. 3 7
City-wide courts, New York city (see
"City-wide courts, New York city
under "Duties," "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
City courts, outside New York city
(see "City courts, outside New York
city" under "Duties" and "Powers").
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City of New York (see "New York City"
under "Legislature").
Civil service and veterans'
preferences (see "Civil Service").
Claims against state (see "Claims
against state" under "Powers"
and "Restrictions").
Commencement of term..................... 13 4
Common and statute law of colony of
New York, alteration................... 1 14
Commutations by governor................. 4 4
Compensation, allowances and traveling
expenses of members.................... 3 6
Compensation of judicial officers
retired for disability................. 6 2(c)
Comptroller, vacancy in office filling... 5 1
Condition of state, transmission of
message at each session................ 4 3
Condemnation of private property
(see "Eminent Domain").
Conservation (see "Conservation")
Constitutional amendments (see
"Constitutional Amendments").
Constitutional conventions (see
"Constitutional Conventions").
Contractors,
Employees, safety and welfare........ (1 18
.....................................(13 14
Corporations (see "Corporations").
Counties (see also "Counties"),
Alternative forms of government...... 9 1(h)
Division of power affected by
restriction on assembly districts.... 3 5
Legislative power over................. 9 1-3
Local laws affecting,
Enactment on certificate of
necessity by governor.............. 9 2(b)
Executive officer, request........... 9 2(b)
When not required.................. 9 2(b)
Organization and government.......... 9 2(b)
Special or local laws affecting,
prohibition against, exceptions.... 9 2(b)
County courts (see "County courts"
under "Powers").
County court judges (see "County
court judges" under "powers" and
"Restrictions").
County officers (see County Officers").
Court of appeals (see also "Court
of appeals" under "Powers" and
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Art. Sec.
"Restrictions").
Judges,
Removal from office................. 6 23(a)
Temporary, during military service
of elected judges................... 6 20(b)(1)
Jurisdiction, authority to restrict... 6 3(b)(8)
Right to appeal to, authority to
restrict............................. 6 3(b)(8)
Court of claims (see "Court of claims"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Court of general sessions, New York
county (see "General Sessions").
Court on the judiciary (see also
"Court on the judiciary" under
"Powers" "Duties" and
"Restrictions"),
Additional powers, right to
confer............................... 6 22(g)
Expenses, duty to provide............ 6 22(h)
Removal charges before, notice
to legislature..................... 6 22(e)
Stay of proceedings before,
pending determination of identical
charges............................ 6 22(e)
Courts of record (see "Courts of
record" under "Powers").
Criminal cases, appeals from
judgments, provision................. 6 3(b)
Criminals,
Institutions, provision............ 17 5
Probation and parole, provision.... 17 5
Debts, state, appropriations for
payment of principal and interest.... 7 16
Defense and protection of state,
to provide........................... 12 1
District courts (see "District courts"
under "Duties" "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
Disqualifications for membership
(see "Assembly," "Assembly
members," "Senate," "Senators"),
Divorce, prohibition against grant..... 1 9
Doors of each house to be kept open,
exception............................ 3 10
Duties (see also "Powers,"
"Restrictions" under "Legislature"),
Absentee voting, generally......... 2 2
Agriculture and markets, head of
department, manner of
appointment, to prescribe........ 5 4
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Annual session, duty and time
of assembly...................... 13 4
Assembly members, apportionment, to
provide.......................... 3 5
Attorney-general, filling vacancy
in office, to provide............ 5 1
Bingo, to enact laws to regulate... 1 9
Bribery of public officers, payment
by state of county expenses
of prosecution, to provide....... 13 13(b)
Canals, expenses of superintendence
and repairs, annual
appropriations................... 15 3
Children, jurisdiction over
adoption, guardianship, etc., to
consider religious persuasion.... 6 32
Cities,
Organization, to provide......... 9 2(a)
Power to contract indebtedness,
method of determining
exclusions for housing
purposes, to prescribe......... 18 4
Power to contract indebtedness,
manner of determining
exclusions for education
purposes, to prescribe......... 8 4
Powers of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to
restrict....................... 8 12
City court, New York city, to
provide that justices be judges
of city-wide court of civil
jurisdiction for remainder of
term............................. 6 35(c)
City courts, outside New York city,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe........ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe..... 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe,
limitation..................... 6 17(a)
City-wide courts, New York city,
Establishment.................... 6 1(a),15(a)
Transfer thereto, judges of
abolished courts............. 6 35(c,d)
Civil service appointments and
promotions, to enact laws........ 5 6
Comptroller, filing vacancy in
office, to provide............... 5 1
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Constitutional amendments,
Attorney-general, reference
for opinion.................... 19 1
Entry on journals with ayes
and noes....................... 19 1
Reference to legislature next
chosen and publication......... 19 1
Submission to people, manner
and time, to prescribe......... 19 1
Constitutional convention,
question on holding, submission.. 19 2
Counties,
Alternative forms of government,
to provide..................... 9 1(h)
Structure of government and
manner of functioning, to
set forth.................... 9 1(h)
Organization and government,
to provide..................... 9 2(a)
County officers, time for election,
to fix........................... 13 8
Court on the judiciary,
appropriations for expenses,
to make.......................... 6 22(h)
Defenses and protection of state,
to provide....................... 12 1
District courts,
Judges,
Qualifications................. 6 20(c)
Restrictions................... 6 20(c)
Doors of each house to be kept
open, exception.................. 3 10
Executive budget, procedure for
hearings and appearances, to
prescribe........................ 7 3
Expenses of courts,
Cost of operating and
maintaining, certain courts,
to allocate.................... 6 29(a)
Final determinations of
estimated financial needs of
certain courts borne by state,
to make........................ 6 29(c)
Submission of annual financial
needs to administrative
board of judicial conference
by certain courts, to provide.. 6 29(b)
Gambling, to enact laws to prevent. 1 9
General laws, cases in which
action must be taken by.......... 3 17
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Governmental operations,
continuity during certain
emergencies, to provide.......... 3 25
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
Election by single vote
applicable to both offices,
to provide..................... 4 1
Housing, occupancy of projects, to
restrict and give certain
preference....................... 18 6
Journal of proceedings, each house
to keep and publish.............. 3 10
Judges and justices, certain, to
establish compensation........... 6 25(a)
Judicial conference, composition
and function, to provide......... 6 28
Judiciary article, to enact laws
to effectuate.................... 6 33
Lieutenant-governor and governor,
Election by single vote
applicable to both offices,
to provide..................... 4 1
Literature fund, revenues, to apply
for support of common schools
and libraries.................... 11 3
Lotto, to enact laws to regulate... 1 9
Magistrates' court, New York city,
abolished, to provide that justices
be judges of city-wide court of
criminal jurisdiction for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(d)
Members, elections, returns and
Qualifications, each house to judge.. 3 9
Militia, minimum force, to maintain and
make annual appropriations........... 12 1
Militia, maintenance and regulation, to
provide.............................. 12 1
Municipal corporations, public
improvements and services, method of
determining exclusions from
indebtedness, to prescribe........... 8 5
Municipal court, New York city,
abolished, to provide that justices
be judges of city-wide court of
civil jurisdictions for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(c)
Municipalities, equalization ratio for
tax limitation, manner of
determination, to prescribe.......... 8 10
Needy, care and support, to provide.... 17 1
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New York city, method of determining
exclusions of indebtedness,
Dock purposes, to prescribe.......... 8 7
School purposes, to prescribe........ 8 7
Transit purposes, to prescribe....... 8 7a
Officers, each house to choose......... 3 9
Prisoners, labor, to provide........... 3 24
Protection of state, to provide........ 12 1
Public health, protection and
promotion, to provide................ 17 3
Public officers, certain,
Removal for misconduct, to provide... 13 5
Vacancies created by removal, to
provide for filling................ 13 5
Public offices, succession to powers
and duties during certain
emergencies, to provide.............. 3 25
Reservoirs on forest preserve lands,
charges for state operation, to
assess............................... 14 2
Rules of proceedings, each house to
determine............................ 3 9
Savings banks, powers, rights and
liabilities, to conform with general
laws................................. 10 3
School districts, certain,
Consolidated district, tax
limitation, to prescribe........... 8 10
Propositions to increase tax
limitation, qualifications for
voting, to prescribe............... 8 4,10
Schools, free common, maintenance and
support, to provide.................. 11 1
Senate districts, readjustment or
alteration, to provide............... 3 4
Sinking funds, contributions, to make
appropriations....................... 7 15,16
State boards and commissions, manner
of removal of members by governor,
to prescribe......................... 5 4
State comptroller, auditing powers
and duties, to define................ 5 1
Vacancy, to provide for filling...... 5 1
State debts, payment of interest and
principal, to make appropriations.... 7 16
State departments, heads, manner of
removal by governor, to prescribe.... 5 4
State departments and officers,
publication of rules and
regulations, to provide.............. 4 8
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State enumeration, when to provide..... 3 4
Statute of local governments, to enact. 9 2(b)
Special sessions, New York city, to
provide that justices be judges of
city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction for remainder of term... 6 35(d)
State officers, constitutional,
compensation, to fix................. 13 7
Taxation,
Assessments, supervision, review
and equalization, to provide....... 16 2
Laws delegating power, types of
taxes and review, to specify
and provide........................ 16 1
Town courts,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe............ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe....... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe......... 6 20(c)
Training and education, to
require for certain.............. 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 17(a)
Towns,
Organization, to provide............. 9 2(a)
Power of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to restrict. 8 12
Vacancies in office, to provide for
filling.............................. 13 3
Village courts,
Judges,
General provisions relating
thereto, to prescribe............ 6 17(d)
Qualifications, to prescribe....... 6 20(c)
Restrictions, to prescribe......... 6 20(c)
Training and education, to require
for certain...................... 6 20(c)
Jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 17(a)
Villages,
Organization, to provide............. 9 2(a)
Powers of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, etc., to restrict. 8 12
Villages of 5,000 or more,
Housing indebtedness, method of
determining exclusion, to
prescribe.......................... 18 4
Voters, identification by signature,
to require, exceptions............... 2 7
Voting,
Exclusion from suffrage of persons
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convicted of certain crimes, to
enact laws......................... 2 3
Right of suffrage and registration,
to enact laws...................... 2 5
Education (see also "Education"),
Certain persons, provision............. 7 8
School system, provision............... 11 1
Transportation of school children,
authorization........................ 11 3
Elections (see also "Elections"),
Absentee registration.................. 2 5
Absentee voting, to enact laws......... 2 2
Authority to provide................... 2 2
Bi-partisan boards to control.......... 2 8
Inapplicability to town and village
elections.......................... 2 8
Boards,
Equal representation of two major
political parties.................. 2 8
Existing laws to continue until
changed............................ 2 8
Officers constituting, nomination,
appointment and election........... 2 8
Conduct, secrecy of ballot preserved... 2 7
Permanent registration, systems,
authority to establish............. 2 6
Persons entitled to vote, laws for
ascertainment,....................... 2 5
Exclusion for disqualification, to
enact laws......................... 2 3
Persons excluded from right of
suffrage............................. 2 3
Registration of voters, laws,.......... 2 5
Personal application where
required............................ 2 5
Town and village, registration......... 2 5
Eminent domain (see "Eminent Domain").
Employees (see "Employees").
Enumeration of powers involving use of
state money or credit.................. 7 8
Not to diminish pre-existing powers.... 7 8
Expenditures, certain, determination as
to exclusion from tax limitation of
counties, cities, villages and
school districts....................... 8 11
Expenses of courts (see "Expenses of
courts" under "Duties").
Extraordinary sessions,
Governor, power to convene............. 4 3
Subjects recommended by governor,
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action restricted.................... 4 3
Family court judges (see "Family court
judges" under "Powers" and
"Restrictions").
Final passage of bills (see "Bills").
Financial needs, estimates and
transmission to governor............... 7 1
Forest lands, use for reservoirs,
provision.............................. 14 2
Gambling, prevention, laws............... 1 9
General laws,
Action on enumerated subjects.......... 3 17
Drainage of swamp or agricultural
lands, construction and maintenance
of facilities, authorization......... 1 7
General provisions relating to........... 3 1-24
Governor (see also "Governor"),
Communications by message on condition
of state............................. 4 3
Duty to expedite all measures adopted.. 4 3
Recommendation of matters deemed
expedient............................ 4 3
Reprieves, commutations and pardons,
Duty to report details............... 4 4
Grand jury (see "Grand Jury").
Health and safety (see "Health
and Safety").
Highways (see "Highways").
Highways and parkways, use of proceeds
of bonds for elimination of grade
crossings.............................. 7 14
Horse races, pari-mutuel betting,
authorization.......................... 1 9
Housing (see also "Housing"),
Authority to provide for low rent
housing and slum clearance........... 18 1
Certain ventures prohibited............ 18 10
Debt, amount, without submission to
people............................... 18 3
Eminent domain, grant of power,........ 18 2
Excess condemnation, powers.......... 18 8
Exclusions from debt, method of
ascertaining......................... 18 4
Limitation on indebtedness............. 18 4
Local governments, powers.............. 18 2
Power to enact legislation............. 18 10
Regulations governing facilities....... 18 2
Subsidies, authorization............... 18 2
Conditions for granting.............. 18 6
Impeachment (See "Impeachment").
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Income taxes, reference to federal laws
authorized............................. 3 22
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize............................ 10 7
Loans to provide, right to authorize... 7 8
Journal of proceedings (see also
"Journals of Legislature"),
Ayes and nays on final passage of
bills to be entered.................. 3 14
Certain bills, yeas and nays on final
passage, entry....................... 3 23
Governor's objections to bills to be
entered.............................. 4 7
Keeping and publication by each house.. 3 10
Reconsideration of bills, names of
members voting to be entered......... 4 7
Removal of judges and justices,
Charges to be entered................ 6 23(c)
Yeas and nays to be entered.......... 6 23(c)
Judges and Justices (see "Judges and
justices" under "Duties," "Powers"
and "Restrictions").
Judicial departments (see "Judicial
Departments").
Judicial districts (see "Judicial
Districts").
Judicial officers (see also "Judges
and Justices"),
Election or appointment, certain,
time and manner, to direct........... 6 17(d)
Removal from office on recommendation
of governor.......................... 6 23(b)
Retired for disability, compensation... 6 22(c)
Judicial offices (see "Judicial offices"
under "Powers")
Jurisdiction and proceedings in law and
equity, alteration and regulation...... 6 30
Jury trial (see "Jury").
Justices of the peace (see "Justices of
the peace" under "Powers").
Law and equity, jurisdiction and
proceedings, alteration and regulation. 6 30
Law of state,
Acts of legislature constituting....... 1 14
Alteration............................. 1 14
Governor to execute faithfully......... 4 3
Legislative power vested in Senate and
Assembly............................... 3 1
Legislators ineligible for certain civil
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appointments........................... 3 7
Loans,
Low rent housing projects, conditions.. 18 6
State money or credit, prohibition
against, exceptions.................. 7 8
Local bills (see "Bills" under
"Legislature").
Local laws (see "Local Laws," "Special
Laws").
Magistrates courts (see "Magistrates
courts" under "Duties").
Manufacturing plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize............................ 10 7
Loans to provide, right to authorize... 7 8
Members (see also "Assembly," "Assembly
members," "Senate," "Senators"),
Additional allowances for service as
officer or in any special capacity. 3 6
Appropriations for local or private
purposes, votes of two-thirds
necessary.......................... 3 20
Commissioner of deeds, eligibility
for appointment.................... 3 7
Compensation and allowances,......... 3 6
Constitution and laws to govern and
control.............................. 3 6
Continuance of existing until
changed............................ 3 6
Extra compensation prohibited........ 3 6
Fees or perquisites of office,
receiving for own use prohibited... 13 7
Not to be increased or diminished
during term........................ 3 6
Elections, returns and
qualifications, each house to judge.. 3 9
Elections, when held................... 3 8
Forfeiture of membership,
Acceptance of certain offices to
vacate seat........................ 3 7
Election to congress, acceptance to
vacate seat........................ 3 7
Ineligibility for certain civil
appointments......................... 3 7
Items of appropriation, passage over
veto, two-thirds vote required....... 4 7
National guard of state, not
disqualified for membership.......... 3 7
Naval militia of state, not
disqualified for membership.......... 3 7
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Oath of office......................... 13 1
Office having no compensation, not
disqualified for appointment......... 3 7
Passage of bills over veto, two-thirds
vote required........................ 4 7
Quorum, majority to constitute,........ 3 9
Three-fifths required for passage of
certain bills...................... 3 23
Reserve forces of the United States,
not disqualified for membership...... 3 7
Salary, uniform, to be fixed........... 3 6
Speeches and debates, not to be
questioned........................... 3 11
Traveling expenses, reimbursement,
limitation........................... 3 6
Mental defectives, provision for care.... 17 4
Mental health, provision................. 17 4
Mentally ill, education and support,
provision.............................. 7 8
Messages required for final passage of
bills (see "Bills").
Militia (see also "Militia"):
Maintenance and regulation, duty to
provide.............................. 12 1
Municipal corporations, organization,
restrictions........................... 8 12
....................................... 9 3(c)
Municipal court (see "Municipal court"
under "Duties").
Municipalities (see also
"Municipalities"),
Authorization of payments to certain
institutions......................... 8 1
Government, enactment of laws.......... 9 1-2
Indebtedness,
Exclusions in computing debt
limitation....................... 8 7a
Method of ascertaining, power to
prescribe........................ 8 5
Incurring, power to restrict......... 8 12
Taxes,
Expenditures, certain, exclusion
from tax limitation................ 8 11
Levying, power to restrict........... 8 10,12
Limitation, agency and method to
determine equalization ratio,
right to prescribe................. 8 10
Needy, aid, care and support provision... 7 8
...................................... 17 1
New York city (see also "New York
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City"),
Counties within, laws affecting
certain county offices prohibited,
exception............................ 13 13(c)
Message from governor required....... 13 13(c)
Two-thirds vote required............. 13 13(c)
Dock purposes, exclusion of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Exclusion of certain indebtedness...... 8 7a
Officers or courts, reservation of
legislative power
School purposes, exclusion of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Supreme court, jurisdiction to
determine,
Additional exclusions from
indebtedness....................... 8 7a
Dock indebtedness, when and how to
be excluded........................ 8 7
New York Port Authority, obligations
for railroad passenger equipment,
right to guarantee..................... 10 7
Nursing homes,
Authority to provide for
accommodations for persons of low
income............................... 18 1
Subsidies, authorization............... 18 2
Oath of members.......................... 13 1
Officers,
Additional allowances for services..... 3 6
Each house to choose................... 3 9
Pardons, communication by governor....... 4 4
Parole system, provision................. 17 5
Pensions, public, right to increase...... 7 8
Permanent personal registration,
systems, laws.......................... 2 6
Personnel, abolished courts,
assignment............................. 6 35(1)
Powers (see also "Duties,"
"Restrictions" under "Legislature"),
Absentee registration, to provide...... 2 5
Absentee voting, to provide............ 2 2
Actions and proceedings (see also
"Actions" and "Judicial
Proceedings"),
New classes, right to create and
provide for jurisdiction........ 6 7(b)
Transfer, certain, right to
provide............................ 6 19(a,c,g,h,i)
Verdicts and judgments, right to
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provide that certain not subject
to monetary limitation............. 6 19(k)
Appeals (see also "Appeals").
Certain, right to provide for
transfer thereof................... 6 35(m)
Pending, certain courts, right to
provide for hearing and
determination.................... 6 34(a)
Appellate division, additional
jurisdiction, to prescribe........... 6 4(k)
Appellate term, right to provide
for appeals thereto.................. 6 8(e),11(d)
..................................... 34(a),35(m)
Apportionments, regulations for
judicial review, to prescribe........ 3 5
Assembly districts, division of
counties, time for assembly of
local boards, to prescribe........... 3 5
Assemblymembers, additional allowance
for services as managers of
impeachment, to fix.................. 3 6
Banking purposes, formation of
corporations and associations, to
provide by general laws.............. 10 3
Bills (see also "Bills" under
"Legislature"),
Right of each house to initiate
and amend.......................... 3 12
Vetoed, right to reconsider
and pass over veto................. 4 7
Bingo, right to regulate................. 1 9
Blind, education and support, to
provide................................ 7 8
Bonus, state debt, right to
create................................. 7 18
Canals (see also "Canals"),
Barge canal
Lease or transfer to federal
government, right to
authorize........................ 15 4
Lands and properties,
Disposition of unnecessary, right
to authorize..................... 15 2
Occupancy or use, revocable
permits, right to grant.......... 15 1
Use by public thruway
corporations, right to
authorize........................ 10 6
Manner of improvement, to
provide............................ 15 3
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Navigation, laws and regulations
governing, right to enact.......... 15 3
Children,
Health and welfare services,
right to provide................... 7 8
Neglected and dependent, care
and support, right to provide...... 7 8
Transportation to and from any
school, right to authorize......... 11 3
Cities (see also "municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers"),
Additional powers of local
legislation and administration..... 9 2(c)
Counties not contained within,
legislative power unaffected
by home rule provisions in
certain cases...................... 13 13(c)
Excess taking of property for
certain purposes, right to
authorize.......................... 1 7
Exclusion of indebtedness for
housing purposes,
determination, right to confer
jurisdiction....................... 18 4
General or special laws not
relating to property, affairs
or government, right to enact...... 9 2(c)
Matters other than property,
affairs or government, right
to enact laws...................... 9 2(c)
Public school systems, legislative
power unaffected by home rule
provisions......................... 9 3(a)
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt
limitation, right to prove......... 8 2-a,5
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
City courts, outside New York city,
Appeals therefrom, right to
provide therefor.................. 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to
provide............................ 6 17
Judges, manner of removal,
right to provide................... 6 22(i)
Mandates, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Practice and procedure, right to
establish.......................... 6 17(b)
Processes, right to provide for
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service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Uniform jurisdiction, right to
establish.......................... 6 17(b)
Warrants, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
City-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction, right to grant
jurisdiction over misdemeanors
prosecuted by indictment............. 6 7(a),15(c)
City-wide courts, New York city,
Judges, manner of removal, right to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Jurisdiction, right to prescribe..... 6 15(b,c)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 1(c)
Merger, to provide on request of
mayor and local legislative body... 6 1(a),15(a)
Processes, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 11(c)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to prescribe limitations..... 6 1(c)
City officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Claims against state,
Appropriation for payment, right to
provide............................ 3 19
Jurisdiction thereof................. 6 9
Trial of actions and proceedings,
right to provide manner............ 6 18(b)
Constitutional amendments, right
to propose........................... 19 1
Constitutional convention, time for
submission of question on holding,
right to fix......................... 19 2
Contractors, public works, wages,
hours, welfare and safety of
employees, right to regulate........ 9 2(c)
Corporations,
Dues, means of security, right
to prescribe...................... 10 2
Formation, right to provide......... 10 1
Laws affecting, right to alter
or repeal......................... 10 1
Counties (see also "Municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers").
Additional powers of local
legislation and administration..... 9 2(c)
Agreements by two or more for
discharge of governmental
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functions, right to authorize...... 9 1(c)
Alternative forms of government,
what to contain, right to
prescribe.......................... 9 1(h)
Division, power unaffected by
restrictions on creation of
assembly districts................. 3 5
Excess taking of property for
certain purposes, right to
authorize.......................... 1 7
Laws relating to counties and
governmental units, right to
enact.............................. 9 1(h)
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt limitation,
right to provide................... 8 2-a,5
Tax limitation, method of
increasing, right to prescribe..... 8 10
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
County clerks,
Powers and duties, right to
prescribe.......................... 6 6(e)
Selection of jurors, manner and
conditions, right to prescribe..... 13 13(a)
County courts,
Actions and proceedings, certain,
right to provide for original
jurisdiction....................... 6 11(a)
Appeals thereto, right to provide in
certain cases...................... 6 34(a)
Equity jurisdiction, right to
provide............................ 6 11(c)
Money judgments, right to increase
amount recoverable, limitations.... 6 11(a)
County judges,
Additional, right to provide......... 6 10(a)
Combination with certain judicial
officers, right to provide......... 6 14
Number, right to increase............ 6 10(a)
County officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Court of appeals,
Appeals as of right, power to
abolish............................ 6 3(b)(8)
Criminal cases, appeals, right to
provide............................ 6 3(b)
Judges,
Right to remove for cause.......... 6 23(a)
Temporary, during military service
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of elected judges, right to
provide.......................... 6 20(b)(1)
Court of claims,
Judges, power to increase number..... 6 9
Jurisdiction, practice and
procedure, right to provide........ 6 9
Courts of record, additional, right
to determine......................... 6 1(b)
Court on the judiciary,
Additional powers, right to confer... 6 22(g)
Removal proceedings, stay pending
determination of same charges...... 6 22(e)
Courts, legislative power unaffected
by home rule provisions.............. 9 3(a)
Criminals, maintenance and support of
institutions, right to provide....... 17 5
Deaf, education and support, right to
provide.............................. 7 8
District attorneys, New York city
counties, term of office, right to
direct............................... 8 5
District courts,
Appeals therefrom, right to provide.. 6 8(l),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide..... 6 16(i)
Districts thereof, right to create... 6 16(e)
Establishment, right to provide at
request of board of supervisors.... 6 16(a)
Judges,
Additional, right to provide....... 6 16(f)
Apportionment, right to provide.... 6 16(g)
Number, right to provide........... 6 16(f)
Removal, right to provide manner... 6 22(i)
Jurisdiction, right to provide,
limitation......................... 6 16(d)
Mandates, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Processes, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 16(i)
Warrants, right to provide for
service and execution.............. 6 1(c)
Drainage systems, common or excess,
right to authorize................... 8 2-a
Dumb, education and support, right
to provide........................... 7 8
Education, higher, right to create
indebtedness......................... 7 19
Elections,
Boards and officers, appointment or
election, right to direct.......... 2 8
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Permanent registration, systems,
right to provide................... 2 6
Presidential, special procedures for
voting thereat, power to adopt..... 2 9
Town and village, registration of
voters, power to require........... 2 5
Uncontested primary elections, right
to waive........................... 1 1
Voting, method, right to prescribe.. 2 7
Employees, protection of lives,
health and safety, right to enact
laws................................. 1 18
..................................... 13 14
Employment,
Indebtedness to provide, right to
authorize.......................... 10 7
Loans to provide, right to
authorize.......................... 7 8
Executive budget,
Appearances of department heads,
right to request................... 7 3
Contents, additional information,
right to require................... 7 2
Family court judges,
Combination with certain other
judicial offices, right to provide. 6 14
New York city, number, right to
provide............................ 6 13(a)
Forest preserve lands,
Highways, construction and
maintenance of certain, right to
provide............................ 14 1
Reservoirs, construction and
maintenance, right to provide for
use................................ 14 2
Sale or exchange of certain, right to
authorize.......................... 14 3
Ski trails, construction and
maintenance of certain, right to
authorize.......................... 14 1
Use of certain, right to prescribe... 14 3
Governmental employees, wages, hours,
welfare and safety, right to
regulate............................. 13 14
Governmental operations, continuity
during certain emergencies, right
to prescribe......................... 3 25
Governor, salary, right to fix......... 4 3
Hamilton county, power to abolish
and annex territory.................. 3 5
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Horse races, pari-mutuel betting,
right to authorize................... 1 9
Housing,
Acquisition of property ultimately
necessary, limitations, right to
impose............................. 18 9
Cooperation with and aid from United
States, right to authorize......... 18 2
Excess taking of property, right to
authorize.......................... 18 8
Exclusions of indebtedness,
jurisdiction to determine, right
to confer.......................... 18 4
Indebtedness of public corporations,
guaranty of principal and interest
by local governments, right to
authorize.......................... 18 2
Loans by local governments, power to
authorize.......................... 18 2
Power of eminent domain, right to
grant.............................. 18 2
Power to enact proper and necessary
laws............................... 18 10
State loans, power to make........... 18 2
State loans and subsidies, additional
conditions, right to provide....... 18 6
State subsidies, right to provide.... 18 2
Subsidies by local governments,
power to authorize................. 18 2
Tax exemptions, right to grant or
authorize.......................... 18 2
Housing and slum clearance, power to
provide.............................. 18 1
Impeachment, majority vote of Assembly
required to exercise power........... 6 24
Income taxes, reference to federal laws
authorized........................... 3 22
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state...... 10 7
Loans by state, authorized......... 7 8
Institutions, visitation and
inspection, right to authorize....... 17 6
Institutions for detention of
criminals, maintenance and support,
right to provide..................... 17 5
Joint municipal facilities or services,
Indebtedness, right to authorize
and apportion........................ 8 1
Taxes or charges, right to
authorize.......................... 8 1
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Joint municipal facilities or service
Indebtedness, right to
authorize and apportion............ 8 1
Taxes and charges may be imposed
therefor........................... 8 1
Journal or proceedings, each house to
keep and publish..................... 3 10
Judges and justices,
Assignment, temporary, certain,
right to provide................... 6 26(j)
Compensation, additional for
certain, right to prescribe........ 6 25(a)
Qualifications, certain, right
to determine....................... 6 20(a)
Removal, certain,
Manner, right to provide........... 6 22(i)
Right to effect...................... 6 23(a)
To determine those removable by
senate............................. 6 23(b)
Retirement for disability, to
provide compensation............... 6 22(c)
Temporary, to provide in
certain cases...................... 6 20(b)(1)
Judicial departments, power to alter
boundaries........................... 6 4(a)
Judicial districts,
Composition, right to alter.......... 6 6(b)
Increase or decrease number,
right to provide................... 6 6(b)
Justices in altered districts,
right to re-apportion.............. 6 6(b)
Judicial officers,
Compensation of judicial
officer retired for disability,
right to provide................... 6 22(c)
Judicial offices, combination of
certain, right to provide............ 6 14
Judiciary article, to enact laws
to effectuate........................ 6 33
Jury, composition in courts of
original jurisdiction, right
to provide........................... 6 18(a)
Jury trial,
Civil cases,
Verdict by five-sixths jury, power
to authorize..................... 1 2
Waiver, manner, right to enact
laws............................. 1 2
Criminal cases, waiver,
exception, right to enact laws..... 1 2,18
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Justices of the peace, legislative
functions on town boards, right to
abolish.............................. 6 17(c)
Juvenile delinquents, education and
support, right to provide............ 7 8
Law and equity, jurisdiction and
proceedings, right to alter and
regulate............................. 6 30
Law of state, right to alter........... 1 14
Legislative power generally, vesting... 3 1
Lieutenant-governor, salary, power to
fix.................................. 4 6
Limited dividend housing companies,
loans by state and local
governments, right to authorize...... 18 2
Lotteries, use of proceeds for
education, to prescribe.............. 1 9
Lotto, right to regulate............... 1 9
Low rent housing, manner, means,
terms and conditions, right to
prescribe............................ 18 1
Manufacturing plants,
rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state...... 10 7
Loans by state, authorized........... 7 8
Members,
Compensation, right to establish..... 3 6
Elections, returns and
qualifications, each house to
judge.............................. 3 9
Senators and assembly members, time
for holding elections, right to
fix................................. 3 8
Services as officer or in special
capacity, additional allowance,
right to fix....................... 3 6
Mental health, protection, manner
of providing, right to determine..... 17 4
Mentally ill, education and support,
power to provide..................... 7 8
Municipal corporations, public
improvements and services, power
to determine exclusions from
indebtedness, right to provide....... 8 2-a,5
Municipalities,
Debt limits, certain exclusions...... 8 2-a,4,5
Laws relating to local government
right to enact..................... 9 1-3
Levy of taxes on real estate,
right to restrict.................. 8 10,12
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Needy, aid, care and support, right 8 1
to authorize....................... 17 1
Payments to institutions for care,
support and maintenance, right
to authorize....................... 8 1
Public improvements and services,
exclusions of indebtedness......... 8 5
Right to contract indebtedness
and levy taxes, power to restrict.. 8 12
State officer or agency to
determine equalization ratio,
right to direct.................... 8 10
Needy, aid, care and support, power
to provide,.......................... 7 8
Manner and means, right to
determine.......................... 17 1
Needy sick, aid, care and
support, right to provide............ 7 8
New York city,
Capital improvements, period of
probable usefulness, right to
determine.......................... 8 11
Counties within, legislative power
unaffected by home rule provisions. 13 13(c)
Jurisdiction to determine exclusions
of indebtedness, right to confer,
Dock purposes...................... 8 7
School purposes.................... 8 7
Transit purposes................... 8 7a
Reservation of power to amend or
repeal laws affecting certain
county offices, duration........... 13 13(c)
Tax limitation, determination of
indebtedness to be excluded,
right to make conclusive........... 8 11
Nursing homes accommodations for
persons of low income, power to
provide.............................. 18 1
Officers, each house to choose......... 3 9
Officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Old age, protection against hazards
right to provide..................... 7 8
Pardons, regulations governing
application, right to make........... 4 4
Parole, systems, right to provide...... 17 5
Pensions, right to increase amount
of certain........................... 7 8
Personnel, abolished courts,
assignment, right to provide......... 6 35(1)
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Physically handicapped, education
and support, right to provide........ 7 8
Port of New York authority, certain
obligations, right to guarantee...... 10 7
Practice and procedure, courts,
right to delegate power to regulate.. 6 30
Primary elections, uncontested, right
to waive............................. 1 1
Private property taken for public use.. 1 7
Private roads, opening, right to
enact laws........................... 1 7
Probation, systems, right to provide... 17 5
Public corporations,
Acquisition of properties and
payment of indebtedness by state
or political subdivision, right
to authorize....................... 10 5
Indebtedness, future, manner of
granting local consent, right
to prescribe....................... 8 3
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
Public health, protection and
promotion, manner and means of
providing, right to determine........ 17 3
Public offices,
Existence of vacancy, right to
declare............................ 13 6
Succession thereto, during periods
of certain emergencies, of right
to provide therefor................ 3 25
Term of office, right to fix......... 13 2
Public officers, oath of office,
right to exempt inferior officers
from requirement..................... 13 1
Public officers and employees,
compensation, power to tax........... 16 5
Railroad crossings at grade,
Reimbursement by railroad
companies, time, manner and
interest, right to prescribe....... 7 14
State debt for elimination, right
to create.......................... 7 14
Railroad passenger facilities,
obligations, right to guarantee...... 10 7
Regents, corporate powers, right
to change............................ 11 2
Religious schools, inspection, use of
public property, etc., right to
authorize............................ 11 3
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Retirement systems, right to increase
pensions of members of certain....... 7 8
Rules of proceedings, each house to
determine............................ 3 9
School districts (see
"municipalities" under
"Legislature. Powers" "School
Districts").
Schools, transportation of children,
right to authorize................... 11 3
Senators, services on impeachment
trials, additional allowance, right
to fix............................... 3 6
Sewage facilities, exclusion of
indebtedness from debt limitation,
right to prescribe................... 8 2-a,5
Sewage systems, common or excess,
right to authorize................... 8 2-a
Sheriff's, renewal of security,
right to require..................... 13 13(a)
Sickness, protection against
hazards, right to provide............ 7 8
Ski trails, certain, construction and
maintenance on forest preserve
lands, power to authorize............ 14 1
Slum clearance, right to provide....... 18 1
Social welfare, rules and regulations,
right to prescribe procedure for
making............................... 17 2
State commissions, temporary, right to
create............................... 5 3
State comptroller, powers and duties
respecting real estate,
Assessment, right to assign.......... 5 1
Equalization, right to assign........ 5 1
Taxation, right to assign............ 5 1
State comptroller, duties respecting
municipalities,
Accounts, supervision, right to
assign duty........................ 5 1
Determination of exclusions from
debt limitation, right to provide.. 8 4,5
New York city fiscal officer,
approval of determination of
exclusions from tax limitation,
right to make conclusive........... 8 11
Vacancy, right to provide for
filling............................ 5 1
State debts,
Laws creating,
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Power to forbid contracting of
further liability................ 7 11
Power to repeal.................... 7 11
Notes or other obligations, right
to provide for issuance............ 7 9
Power to contract,
Invasion, etc., to repel........... 7 10
Taxes and bond proceeds, before
receiving.......................... 7 9
Privilege of pre-payment,
reservation........................ 7 12
Probable life of work or purpose,
right to enact laws................ 7 13
State departments, number, right to
reduce............................... 5 3
State departments and officers,
powers and functions, right to
assign and change.................... 5 3
State enumeration in lieu of federal
census, right to provide............. 3 4
State highways, certain, construction
and maintenance on forest preserve
lands, right to authorize............ 14 1
State highways and parkways,
construction and reconstruction,
right to appropriate certain moneys.. 7 14
State properties and revenues,
offices for protection, right
to create............................ 5 5
State thruway corporations,
Bonds, right to make state
liable............................. 10 6
Canal lands, right to permit use..... 10 6
Obligations, right to make state
liable............................. 10 6
State university, right to create
indebtedness......................... 7 19
Supreme court,
Justices,
Decrease in number, right to
provide.......................... 6 6(d)
Increase in number, limitation..... 6 6(d)
Removal for cause.................. 6 23(a)
Temporary justices, right to
provide, during military service of
elected justices................... 6 20(b)(1)
Supreme court, appellate division,
Housing, jurisdiction to determine
exclusions of indebtedness, right
to confer.......................... 18 4
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Jurisdiction, authority to confer.... 6 4(k)
Municipalities, jurisdiction to
determine exclusions from
indebtedness, power to confer...... 8 5,7,7a
Surrogate's courts,
Judges,
Additional, right to provide....... 6 12(a)
Combination with certain other
judicial offices, right to
provide.......................... 6 14
Jurisdiction, right to provide....... 6 12(d,e)
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
right to enact laws.................. 1 7
Taxation,
Excise taxes measured by income,
right to consider income from
intangibles........................ 16 3
Exemptions, right to alter or
repeal, exception.................. 16 1
Income taxes, reference to federal
laws authorized.................... 3 22
Power not to be surrendered or
suspended, exception............... 16 1
Public officers and employees,
compensation, right to tax......... 16 5
Tax revenues, funds for
stabilization, right to establish.... 7 17
Trial without jury, certain cases,
right to authorize................... 6 18(a)
Thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under "Legislature,
Powers").
Town courts,
Appeals therefrom, to provide........ 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide,
limitation......................... 6 17(b)
Judges, manner of removal, to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Processes, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Town officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Towns (see also "Municipalities"
under "Legislature, Powers"),
Division, power unaffected by
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restrictions on creation of
assembly districts................. 3 5
New, power to create unaffected by
restrictions on assembly
districts.......................... 3 5
Water supply, excess or common,
right to authorize................. 8 2-a
Treason, power to grant reprieves,
commutations and pardons............. 4 4
Unemployment,
Indebtedness to alleviate, guaranty
by state........................... 10 7
Loans to alleviate, right to
authorize.......................... 7 8
Protection against hazards, right
to provide......................... 7 8
University of the State of New York,
corporate powers, right to change.... 11 2
Vacancy in office, existence, right to
declare.............................. 13 6
Veterans, preference in retention in
civil service, right to provide...... 5 6
Village courts,
Appeals therefrom, right to provide.. 6 8(e),11(d)
Discontinuance, right to provide..... 6 17(b)
Judges, manner of removal, to
provide............................ 6 22(i)
Mandates, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Processes, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Regulation, right to provide......... 6 17(b)
Warrants, service and execution,
right to provide................... 6 1(c)
Village officers, non-constitutional,
election or appointment.............. 9 1(b)
Villages (see "Municipalities" under
"Legislature, Powers").
Villages of 5,000 or more,
Housing, determination of
exclusion of indebtedness, right
to confer jurisdiction............. 18 4
Village taxes,
Assessment, levy and collection
by larger subdivisions, right
to provide......................... 16 2
Unpaid, loans or advances by
counties, right to authorize....... 16 2
Visitation and inspection, right to
authorize............................ 16 2
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Water supply, excess or common, right
to authorize......................... 8 2-a
Wild life and forest conservation
acquisition of land, right to make
appropriations....................... 14 3
Workers' compensation, system, right
to establish......................... 1 18
Primary elections, uncontested, right
to waive............................... 1 1
Prison labor,
Occupation and employment of
prisoners............................ 3 24
Products, disposition to state and
political subdivisions, authority
to provide........................... 3 24
Private and local bills (see "Bills"
under "Legislature").
Private roads, opening, power to
prescribe manner....................... 1 7
Privilege of members..................... 3 11
Probation, system, provision............. 17 5
Public contracts, regulation of certain
matters affecting...................... 13 14
Public corporations,
Creation by special act only,
exceptions........................... 10 5
Interstate compact, powers when
created pursuant to.................. 10 5
Liability for obligations not to be
imposed on state or political
subdivision.......................... 10 5
Powers, limitation..................... 10 5
State thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under "Legislature,
Powers").
Public health, protection, provision..... 17 3
Public money or property for local or
private purposes, two-thirds vote
required............................... 3 20
Public office, conduct, power of grand
jury not to be suspended or impaired... 1 6
Public officers (see also "Public
Officers"),
Election or appointment when not
provided by constitution............. 9 1(b)
Fees or perquisites of office
not to be received................... 13 7
..................................... 9 2(c)
Legislative powers..................... 13 14
Removal provision...................... 13 5
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Vacancies in office,
Existence, declaration............... 13 6
Filling, provision................... 13 5
Public school system, legislative power.. 9 3(a)
Public utilities operated by
municipalities, restrictions on
legislative powers..................... 3 18
Public work, hours, days of labor and
wages.................................. 1 17
Qualifications for membership............ 3 7
Quorum,
Majority of members of each house to
constitute........................... 3 9
Three-fifths to constitute in certain
cases................................ 3 23
Railroad crossing elimination, amount
of bond proceeds available for
highways and parkways.................. 7 14
Railroad passenger facilities, certain
obligations, guaranty.................. 10 7
Recommendations of governor.............. 4 3
Refunding state debt prior to maturity... 7 13
Rehabilitation of slum areas, provision.. 18 1
Removal of judicial officers,
Court of appeals, judges subject to
removal by concurrent resolution..... 6 23(a)
Court on the judiciary, time within
which legislature must act to stay
action............................... 6 22(e)
Legislature deemed to be in session
on receipt of notification......... 6 22(e)
Supreme court, justices subject to
removal by concurrent resolution..... 6 23(a)
Reprieves, commutations and pardons,
duty of governor to communicate........ 4 4
Reservoirs,
Apportionment of costs of improvements. 14 2
State lands, use, authorization........ 14 2
Restrictions (see also "Duties" and
"Powers" under "Legislature"),
Action for wrongful death,
Damages recoverable not subject to
statutory limitation............... 1 16
Existing, not to be abrogated........ 1 16
Adjournment for more than two days,
consent of both houses required...... 3 10
Alleys, opening, closing, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Appropriation bills,
Changes in bills submitted by
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governor........................... 7 4
Provisions to relate to particular
appropriation...................... 7 6
New, neither house to consider until
final action on governor's bills... 7 5
Appropriations,
Laws making, continuing or reviving,
sum, object and purpose to be
distinctly stated.................. 7 5
Separate bills required, each for
single object or purpose,
exceptions......................... 7 6
Banking purposes, prohibition against
special chargers..................... 10 3
Bills,
Appropriations of public money for
private purposes, two-thirds vote
for passage........................ 3 20
Final passage........................ 3 14
Last reading, no amendment
allowed.......................... 3 14
Private or local,
Cases in which not authorized.... 3 17
Not to embrace more than one
subject to be expressed in
title.......................... 3 15
Requirement for printing and
placing on desks of members,
exception.......................... 3 14
Three-fifths quorum required for
passage of certain................. 3 23
Boards of supervisors, election of
members, action by general laws only. 3 17
Bonus, laws creating debt.............. 7 18
Bookmaking, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Bridges, building, action by general
laws only, exception................. 3 17
Canals,
Sale, lease, abandonment or other
disposition, prohibition against... 15 1
Exception, in case of barge
canal............................ 15 4
Tolls for transportation,
prohibition against imposition..... 15 3
Work, prohibition against extra
compensation to contractors........ 15 3
Capital or infamous crimes, no
person to be held without
indictment, exceptions............... 1 6
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Change of venue, action by general
laws only............................ 3 17
Cities,
Annexation of territory, referendum
required........................... 9 1(d)
Housing, indebtedness in excess of
constitutional limitations,
conditions for authorization....... 18 4
Property, affairs and government,
action by general laws only,
exceptions......................... 9 2(b)
Special laws affecting, request of
mayor or local legislative body
required........................... 9 2(b)
City officers,
Elections to be held in odd-
numbered years, exception.......... 13 8
Terms of office to expire at end
of odd-numbered years, exception... 13 8
City-wide courts, New York city,
compensation of judges, prohibition
against decrease during term......... 6 25(a)
Claims against state,
Audit, allowance or payment, barred
by lapse of time................... 3 19
Private, not to audit or allow....... 3 19
Corporations, prohibition against
creation by special act, exception... 10 1
Counties,
Prohibition against enactment of
certain laws....................... 9 2(b)
Referendum required for certain
laws following adoption of
alternative form of government..... 9 1(h)
Special or local laws affecting,
prohibition against, exceptions.... 9 2(b)
County court judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease during
term................................. 6 25(a)
County officers, counties within
cities,
Elections to be held in odd-
numbered years, exception.......... 13 8
Terms of office to expire at end of
odd-numbered years, exception...... 13
County seat, locating or changing...... 3 17
Court of appeals, judges,
compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term................. 6 25(a)
Court of claims, judges, compensation,
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prohibition against decrease
during term.......................... 6 25(a)
Court on the judiciary, retirement
proceedings not to be stayed by
legislative action................... 6 22(e)
Cruel and unusual punishments not to
be inflicted......................... 1 5
Defendant in criminal cases, rights.... 1 6
Discrimination in civil rights
because of race, color, etc.,
prohibition against.................. 1 11
Disfranchisement, prohibition against,
exception............................ 1 1
District courts, judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease
during term.......................... 6 25(a)
Divorce, prohibition against granting,
exception............................ 1 9
Double jeopardy, prohibition against... 1 6
Due process of law guaranteed.......... 1 6
Elections,
Boards and officers to be bi-
partisan........................... 2 8
Opening and conduct, action by
general law only................... 3 17
Secrecy in balloting, requirement.... 2 7
Equal protection of laws guaranteed.... 1 11
Excessive bail and fines, prohibition
against.............................. 1 5
Exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise, action by general laws
only................................. 3 17
Exemption from taxation, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
Extraordinary sessions, action
restricted to subjects recommended
by governor.......................... 4 3
Family court, judges, compensation,
prohibition against decrease during
term................................. 6 25(a)
Forest preserve lands,
Lease, sale, exchange or taking,
prohibition against................ 14 1
Preservation of wild character....... 14 1
Reservoirs, limitation on use........ 14 2
Timber, prohibition against sale,
removal or destruction............. 14 1
Freedom of speech and press guaranteed. 1 8
Gambling not to be authorized or
allowed, exception................... 1 9
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Grand juries, powers not to be
suspended or impaired................ 1 6
Habeas corpus, writ not to be
suspended, exceptions................ 1 4
Highways, opening, closing, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Housing,
Local governments,
Indebtedness, limitation........... 18 4
Periodic subsidies, limitation on
duration......................... 18 4
State debts, laws authorizing........ 18 3
State loans or subsidies............. 18 6
State subsidies,
Payment from general fund only..... 18 2
Prohibition against payment to
remedy or avoid certain defaults. 18 5
Restrictions and limitations....... 18 3
Tax exemptions, limitation on
duration........................... 18 2
Incorporation of existing law by
reference, prohibition against....... 3 16
Judges and justices,
Compensation, prohibition against
diminution during term............. 6 25(a)
Judicial officers, certain,
prohibition against removal except
for cause............................ 6 23(b)
Jurors, selection, empaneling, etc.,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Labor of human beings not to be
considered commodity or article of
commerce............................. 1 17
Law not to be enacted except by bill... 3 13
Literature fund, capital to be
preserved............................ 11 3
Lottery, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Lottery tickets, prohibition against
sale................................. 1 9
Members,
Civil appointments, certain, not to
receive............................ 3 7
Compensation and allowances,
prohibition against increase or
diminution during term............. 3 6
Extra compensation not to be given... 3 6
Money, regulating rate of interest,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Municipal public utility services,
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laws governing profits............... 3 18
Municipalities, right to levy taxes
for previously-contracted
indebtedness, not to restrict........ 8 12
Names of persons, changing, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
New York city, certain county offices
within,
Prohibition against passage of
certain laws affecting,
exceptions......................... 13 13(c)
New York city,
Prohibition against passage of
certain laws affecting,
exceptions......................... 13 13(c)
Pension and retirement systems,
benefits not to be diminished or
impaired............................. 5 7
Petition, right, prohibition against
abridgement.......................... 1 9
Pool-selling, prohibition against
authorization........................ 1 9
Prison labor, use and disposition of
products............................. 3 24
Prisoners, labor, prohibition against
certain disposition.................. 3 24
Private property not to be taken
without just compensation............ 1 7
Public corporations,
Certain, prohibition against
creation except by special act..... 10 5
Creation, prohibition against,
exceptions......................... 8 3
Obligations, state or local
liability, prohibition against
acceptance or imposition,
exceptions......................... 10 5,6
Powers to contract indebtedness and
collect real estate charges,
referendum required, exception..... 10 5
Public officers,
Compensation fixed by law, not to
receive additional................. 13 7
Members of legislature............... 3 6
Fees, etc., increasing or decreasing
during term, action by general
laws only.......................... 3 17
Oath of office, constitutional,
other tests prohibited............. 13 1
Public work, limitation on days, hours
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and wages............................ 1 17
Railroad tracks, privilege of laying,
action by general laws only.......... 3 17
Registration of voters, certain cities
and villages, personal application
not required......................... 2 5
Religious schools, aid or maintenance,
use of public money or property
prohibited........................... 11 3
Religious worship, freedom, guaranty... 1 3
Right of assembly and petition not to
be abridged.......................... 1 9
Roads, opening, closing, etc., action
by general laws only................. 3 17
Savings banks, capital stock and
interests of directors and trustees.. 10 3
Searches and seizures, unreasonable,
prohibited........................... 1 12
Self-incrimination, prohibition
against.............................. 1 6
Senate districts, formation............ 3 4
State comptroller, prohibition
against assignment of administrative
duties, exception.................... 5 1
State credit, prohibition against
gifts or loans for private purposes,
exceptions........................... 7 8
State debts,
Laws creating, approval of people
required, limitations on
submission......................... 7 11
Manner of payment, limitations....... 7 12
Prohibition against contracting
except for single work or purpose.. 7 11
Term not to exceed probable life of
work or purpose.................... 7 12
State departments, new, prohibition
against.............................. 5 3
State officers, constitutional,
Compensation, prohibition against
increase or decrease during term... 13 7
Fees, prohibition against receiving.. 13 7
State moneys, prohibition against gifts
or loans for private purposes,
exceptions........................... 7 8
Street railroads, construction or
operation, consents required......... 3 17
Supreme court justices,
Compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term............... 6 25(a)
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Number, limitation................... 6 6(d)
Surrogates' court, judges,
compensation, prohibition against
decrease during term................. 6 25(a)
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
prohibition against special laws..... 1 7
Swamps and low lands, draining, action
by general laws only................. 3 17
Taxation,
Assessments not to exceed full
value.............................. 16 2
Exemptions, granting by general laws
only............................... 16 1
Intangible personal property,
Excise tax, prohibition against
levy because of ownership or
possession....................... 16 3
Taxing ad valorem, prohibition
against.......................... 16 3
Religious, education and charitable
corporations, certain, prohibition
against alteration or repeal of
exemptions......................... 16 1
Surrender or suspension of power,
prohibition against, exception..... 16 1
Undistributed profits, prohibition
against taxing..................... 16 3
Taxes, discrimination in rates or
methods prohibited................... 16 4
Tax laws, tax and object to be
distinctly stated.................... 3 22
Tax revenues, funds for stabilization,
requirements......................... 7 17
Telephone and telegraph communications,
communications, unreasonable
interceptions prohibited............. 1 12
Trial by jury, right to remain
inviolate............................ 1 2
United States deposit fund, capital
to be preserved...................... 11 3
Vacancies in office, elective,
limitation on duration of
appointments......................... 13 3
Villages,
Incorporation, action by general
law only........................... 3 17
Property, affairs or government, action
by general laws only, exceptions... 9 2(b)
Special laws affecting, prohibition
against, exceptions................ 9 2(b)
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Villages, 5,000 or more,
Housing, indebtedness in excess of
constitutional limitations,
conditions for authorization....... 18 4
Voting, designating places, action by
general laws only.................... 3 17
Wild life conservation and reforestation,
prohibition against lease, sale,
exchange or taking of lands.......... 14 3
Witnesses, prohibition against
unreasonable detention............... 1 5
Rules and regulations of state
agencies, filing and publication..... 4 8
Rules of proceedings, each house
to determine......................... 3 9
Savings banks,
Charters to be made uniform.......... 10 3
Special charters not to be
granted............................ 10 3
School districts (see "School Districts").
Schools (see "Schools").
Senate (see also "Senate"):
Heads of departments, appointment
subject to advice and consent...... 5 4
Lieutenant-governor to have only
casting vote....................... 4 6
Members of boards and commissions,
appointment subject to advice and
consent............................ 5 4
President, lieutenent-governor to
serve.............................. 4 6
Senate districts (see "Senate Districts").
Senators (see "Senators")
Sessions,
Annual session, time for meeting....... 13 4
Court on the judiciary, notification
of removal charges, legislature
deemed to be in session............ 6 22(e)
Extraordinary,
Governor, power to convene........... 4 3
Subjects recommended by governor,
action restricted to............... 4 3
Sinking funds (see "Sinking Funds").
Slum clearance (see "Housing" under
"Legislature").
Social welfare (see Social Welfare").
Social welfare board (see "Social Welfare
Board").
Speaker, assembly to choose.............. 3 9
Special laws (see "Local Laws," "Special
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Laws").
Special sessions (see Special Sessions,
New York city" under "Duties").
State agencies, powers and formation... 5 3
State claims or demands, bills releasing,
three-fifths quorum for passage........ 3 23
State comptroller (see "State
Comptroller").
State debts (see also "State"),
Approval, power to forbid further
debt or liability.................... 7 11
Bills creating, three-fifths quorum
for passage.......................... 3 23
Refunding, conditions................ 7 13
Repeal, when allowable............... 7 11
Single purpose or work, statement
in law authorizing................. 7 11
State departments (see also "State
Departments"),
Assignment of new powers and
functions.......................... 5 3
Consolidation........................ 5 3
New departments not to be created.... 5 3
Powers and functions, assignment
and change......................... 5 3
Reduction of number.................. 5 3
State enumeration, when to be made....... 3 4
State thruways (see "State thruway
corporations" under Legislature. Powers").
Statutory revision bills not subject to
certain restrictions................... 3 21
Subsidies for housing purposes
(see "Housing").
Support, certain persons,
power to provide....................... 7 8
Supreme court (see also "Supreme Court"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Justices,
Increase of number, limitation....... 6 6(d)
Reapportionment in altered
judicial districts................. 6 6(b)
Removal from office for cause........ 6 23(a)
Retirement for disability............ 6 22(a)
Temporary, during military service
of elected justices................ 6 20(b)(1)
Surrogates' courts (see "Surrogates' court"
under "Powers" and "Restrictions").
Swamp or agricultural lands, drainage,
authorization by general law........... 1 7
Tax limitation on realty, detemination of
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local indebtedness..................... 8 11
Taxation (see also "Taxation and taxes"),
Supervision, review and equalization
of assessments...................... 16 2
Taxes, laws imposing, continuing or
reviving,
Nature and object of tax to be
distinctly stated.................. 3 22
Prohibition against fixing tax or
object by reference to existing
law................................ 3 22
Quorum, three-fifths, required
for passage........................ 3 23
Tax revenue stabilization fund,
authorization........................ 7 17
Temporary president, senate to choose.... 3 9
Temporary state commissions(see "State
Commissions").
Term, legislative, commencement.......... 13 4
Three-fifths quorum required for
passing certain bills.................. 3 23
Thruway corporations (see "State
thruway corporations" under
"Legislature Powers").
Time of assembly each year............... 13 4
Time to act following notification by
court on the judiciary................. 6 22(e)
Town courts (see "Town courts" under
"Duties" and "Powers").
Town officers, election.................. 2 7
Towns (see also "Towns"),
Creation of new, unaffected by
restrictions on assembly districts... 3 5
Division, unaffected by restrictions
on assembly districts................ 3 5
Payments to certain institutions,
authorization........................ 8 1
Transportation of school children........ 11 3
Treason, pardon, commutation or
reprieve after conviction.............. 4 4
University of the state of New York,
powers................................. 11 2
Vacancy in office (see "Vacancy in
Office").
Village courts (see "Village courts"
under "Duties" and "Powers").
Villages (see "villages").
Vote required for action,
Majority vote, ordinary quorum,
Assembly, power of impeachment....... 6 24
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Bills, generally..................... 3 14
Constitutional amendments,
concurrent resolutions proposing... 19 1
Majority vote, three-fifths quorum,
Appropriations of public money or
property, bills making,continuing
or reviving........................ 3 23
Debt or charge against state, bills
creating........................... 3 23
Claim or demand of state, bills
releasing, discharging or commuting 3 23
Taxes, bills imposing, continuing or
reviving........................... 3 23
Two-thirds vote, ordinary quorum,
Appropriations for local or private
purposes........................... 3 20
Court of appeals, judges, concurrent
resolutions removing from office... 6 23(a)
Court for trial of impeachments,
conviction......................... 6 24
Items of appropriation disapproved,
passage over veto.................. 4 7
Local governments, special bills
affecting.......................... 9 2(b)
New York city, certain bills relating
to certain county offices.......... 13 13(c)
Supreme court, justices, concurrent
resolutions removing from office..... 6 23(a)
Vetoed bills, passage on
reconsideration.................... 4 7
Workers' compensation, system, laws.... 1 18
Yeas and nays to be taken on final
passage of bills....................... 3 14,23
Libel:
Criminal prosecutions or indictments,
Acquittal, when required............... 1 8
Jury, determination of law and fact.... 1 8
Truth may be given in evidence......... 1 8
Liberty (see also "Rights and Privileges"):
Conscience, not to excuse certain
acts and practices..................... 1 3
Freedom of speech and press guaranteed... 1 8
Guaranty against deprivation without
due process of law..................... 1 6
Religious worship and belief, guaranty... 1 3
Licentiousness:
Liberty of conscience not to excuse
acts of................................ 1 3
Lieutenant-Governor (see also
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect"):
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Absence from state, temporary
president of senate to act 4 6
Absence or impeachment, temporary
president to preside 3 9
Acting governor, when to serve........... 4 5
Compensation............................. 4 6
Election,
Jointly, with governor................. 4 1
Single vote, applicable to both
governor and lieutenant-governor..... 4 1
Time................................... 4 1,6
Eligibility for office, qualifications... 4 6
Governor,
Duties when performed by lieutenant-
governor............................. 4 5
Election jointly with lieutenant-
governor............................. 4 1
Impeachment,
Court for trial, not to serve as
member............................... 6 24
Temporary president of senate to act... 4 6
Inability to discharge powers and duties
of governor, temporary president of
senate to act.......................... 4 6
Qualifications for office,
Age.................................... 4 2,6
Citizenship requirement................ 4 2,6
Residence in state..................... 4 2,6
Senate, president, to serve,............. 4 6
Casting vote only...................... 4 6
Succession to office..................... 4 6
Term of office........................... 4 1
Vacancy in office,
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
temporary president of senate to act. 4 6
Governor and lieutenant-governor,
vacancies to be filled for
unexpired terms...................... 4 6
Temporary president of senate to act... 4 6
Votes, highest number to determine
election............................. 4 1
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect:
Death of governor-elect prior to assuming
office, lieutenant-governor
elect to serve......................... 4 5
Life:
Guaranty against deprivation without due
process of law 1 6
Loans:
Counties, money and credit for private
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purposes prohibited, exceptions........ 8 1
Counties to villages, advancement of
taxes,authorization 16 2
Low rent housing, authorization.......... 18 2
Municipal corporation, money and credit
for private purposes prohibited,
exceptions............................. 8 1
Municipalities,
Legislature's duty to restrict powers.. 9 9
Low rent housing, authorization........ 18 2
Savings banks and institutions, interest
of director or trustee prohibited...... 10 3
School district, money and credit for
private purposes prohibited,
exceptions............................. 8 1
State,
Housing,
Conditions........................... 18 6
Subsidies to avoid municipal default,
prohibition against................ 18 5
Low rent housing, authorization........ 18 2
Money for private purposes prohibited,
exceptions........................... 7 8
Nursing home accommodations,
authorization........................ 18 2
Power to borrow money.................. 7 9
Public housing corporation,
liability of municipality............ 18 5
Towns, money and credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions...... 8 1
Villages, money and credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions...... 8 1
Local Bills (see "Bills,"
"Local Laws," "Special Laws").
Local Finances (see also "Municipalities"):
General provisions relating to........... 8 1-12
Local Government (see also "Municipalities"
and specific headings):
Existing consistent laws continued....... 9 3(b)
General provisions relating to........... 9 1-3
Local Laws (see also "Bills,"
"Special Laws"):
Adoption and amendment, power
of local governments................... 9 1(a)
....................................... 2(c)
Cases in which private or local
bills are not authorized............... 3 17
City of New York, abolition of certain
county offices......................... 9 8
Existing consistent laws, continuation... 9 13
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Limitation to one subject to
be expressed in title,................. 3 15
Statutory revision bills excepted........ 3 21
Statutory revision bills not
subject to certain restrictions........ 3 21
Title, subject to be expressed........... 3 15
Lotteries:
Authorization for operation by state..... 1 9
Lottery Tickets:
Authorization for sale of certain........ 1 9
LOTTO:
Conduct authorized, subject to certain
limitations............................ 1 9
LOW RENT HOUSING (See "Housing").
MAGISTRATES' COURT:
New York city,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred
to city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction......................... 6 35(f)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Judges, to be judges of city-wide
court of criminal jurisdiction....... 6 35(d)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(1)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
MAJOR-GENERAL (see "Militia").
MAJORITY VOTE (see "Legislature").
MANDATES:
Courts, service and execution............ 6 1(c)
MANUFACTURING PLANTS:
Rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
MAYORS:
New York city, mayor and local
legislative body may request merger
of city-wide courts of civil and
criminal jurisdiction.................. 6 1(a)
....................................... 15(a)
Special laws, requests................... 9 11,16
MECHANIC'S LIENS:
Jurisdiction in foreclosure,
County courts.......................... 6 11(a)
District courts........................ 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court of civil
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jurisdiction......................... 6 15(b)
MENTAL DEFECTIVES:
State to provide for care and treatment.. 17 4
MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department,
Appointment and removal................ 5 4
Visitation of institutions............. 17 4
Institutions not subject to inspection
by social welfare board................ 17 2
MENTALLY ILL:
Education, power of legislature to
provide................................ 7 8
Support, legislative power to provide.... 7 8
MILITARY FORCES (see "Militia").
MILITIA:
Legislature, to provide for maintenance
and regulation......................... 12 1
Maintenance and regulation, legislative
duty to provide........................ 12 1
MINORS (see "Children").
MISDEMEANORS:
Prosecution by indictment, legislature
may grant jurisdiction thereof to
city-wide court of criminal
jurisdiction, New York city............ 6 7(a),15(c)
MONEY (see also "State Moneys"):
Action for recovery thereof,
County court, limitation............... 6 11(a)
District court, limitation............. 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court, civil
jurisdiction, limitation............. 6 15(b)
Bills appropriating, passage............. 4 7
Location for purposes of taxation........ 16 3
Rate of interest not to be regulated by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 4 4
MULTIPLE DWELLINGS:
Loans for rehabilitation................. 18 2
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (see
"Municipalities").
MUNICIPAL COURT:
New York city,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred to
city-wide court of civil jurisdiction 6 35(e)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof.......... 6 35(a)
Judges, to be judges of city-wide court
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of civil jurisdiction for remainder
of term.............................. 6 35(c)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
MUNICIPALITIES (see also specific titles,
"Cities," "Towns," etc.):
Accounts, supervision by state
comptroller............................ 5 1
Advances by counties to towns and school
districts.............................. 8 1
Agencies, payments to certain private,
authorized............................. 8 1
Assessed valuation of real property,
limitations based on, housing.......... 18 4
Assessments, cities, towns and villages,
legislative power to restrict.......... 8 12
Assessments, state comptroller's powers.. 5 1
Average full valuation of real property
as basis for tax limitation............ 8 10
Bingo may be authorized by certain....... 1 9
Bridges, building, authorization by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
Bonds (see also "Indebtedness" under
"Municipalities"),
Amortization, payment of interest and
principal............................ 8 2
Ownership in private corporation
prohibited........................... 8 1
Pension or retirement system,
limitation of indebtedness........... 8 5
Redemption, appropriations............. 8 2
Charitable institutions, payments
authorized............................. 8 1
Civil service, appointments and
promotions............................. 5 6
Compensation of public officers subject
to taxation............................ 16 5
Correctional institutions,
Funds for privately operated,
authorized........................... 8 1
Indebtedness for maintenance and
education of inmates................. 8 1
Creation (see also "Organization" under
"Municipalities"),
Certain municipal corporations,
restrictions.......................... 8 3
Prohibition against special laws
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inapplicable......................... 10 1
Drainage systems,
Common or excess, authorized........... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a
Revenues, restrictions on use.......... 8 2-a
Election, indebtedness................... 8 1
Eleemosynary institutions, payments to... 8 1
Employees,
Salaries and hours, provision.......... 9 2(c)
Welfare and safety, provision.......... 9 2(c)
Existing laws to continue until changed,
exceptions............................. 9 3(b)
Expenditures, taxes excluded from tax
limitation of certain.................. 8 11
Family homes, indebtedness for
maintenance and education.............. 8 1
Finance (see "Indebtedness" under
"Municipalities").
Firefighters, retired, pensions may be
increased.............................. 8 1
Forest lands, construction etc.,
of reservoirs.......................... 14 2
Gift of money or credit for private
purposes prohibited, exceptions........ 8 1
Grade crossing elimination,
liability for proportion............... 7 14
Health service for children,
authorization.......................... 8 1
Housing (see also "Housing"),
Corporations, indebtedness, guaranty
of payment, authorization............ 18 2
Loans for rehabilitation............... 18 2
Multiple dwellings, owners of
existing, loans prohibited........... 18 10
Indebtedness,
Action to compel setting apart funds
for payment.......................... 8 2
Advances to towns and school districts
by counties for unpaid taxes......... 8 1
Amount, determination.................. 8 4
Appropriation for payment.............. 8 2
Children, education and care
authorized........................... 8 1
County within or co-terminous
with city............................ 8 9
Creation of debt by public
corporations, consent required....... 8 3
Drainage purposes, exclusion
from limitation...................... 8 2-a
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..................................... 8 5-7a
Exclusions from debt limitation........ 18 4,5
Exclusions from tax limitation......... 8 11
Family homes, maintenance
and education........................ 8 1
Fiscal officer, setting apart
money for payment.................... 8 2
Housing (see "Housing").
Legislature may limit power of levying
taxes or incurring indebtedness...... 8 12
Limitations............................ 8 2,4
Loans by state to public housing
corporations, liability.............. 18 5
City, exclusion of liability
from debt limit.................... 18 5
Mental defectives, care authorized..... 17 4
Needy, care authorized................. 8 1
New York city (see "New York City").
Payment, provisions, exception......... 8 2
Pension and retirement systems,
exclusion from limitation............ 8 5
Period for which contracted
or refunded.......................... 8 2
Pledge of faith and credit for
payment,............................. 8 2
Housing projects..................... 18 4
Power to contract,
Counties, where power ceases......... 8 9
Limitations and restrictions......... 8 1-12
................................... 8 3-7a,
Manner of ascertainment.............. 9,12
Prior indebtedness not affected
by constitutional limitations........ 8 8
Public corporations.................... 8 3
Public improvements and services,
exclusion from debt limitation,
Amount, methods of determination..... 8 5
Annual net revenue, condition,
determination...................... 8 5
Average net revenue, power of
legislature........................ 8 5
Conditions, limitations and
restrictions....................... 8 5
Drainage purposes, exclusion
from limitation.................... 8 2-a
Excess revenues, use................. 8 5
Existing exclusions unaffected....... 8 5
First year of operation.............. 8 5
Legislature, powers.................. 8 5
Net revenue, methods
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of determination................... 8 5
Other exclusions granted by
constitution unaffected............ 8 5
Revenues, application and use........ 8 5
Sewage purposes, exclusion
from limitation.................... 8 2-a,5
State comptroller to make
determination, legislature
may provide........................ 8 2-a,5
Supreme court, jurisdiction to
determine amount, power to confer.. 8 5
Purposes for which contracted.......... 8 2
Refunding, conditions.................. 8 2
Sewage purposes, exclusion
from limitation...................... 8 2-a
Short term certificates,
exclusion from debt limitations...... 8 5
Tax limitation on real property........ 8 10-12
Validity of certain not affected....... 8 8
Void when contracted in excess
of limitations, exceptions........... 8 4
Water supply, exclusion from limitation 8 5
Institutions, payment to certain,
authorized........................... 8 1
Joint municipal facilities or services,
Municipalities may join
together to provide.................. 8 1
Indebtedness, joint or several,
may be contracted therefor........... 8 1
Taxes and charges may be imposed
therefor............................. 8 1
Laws relating to government, reservation
of legislative power................. 9 2(c)
Loans,
Credit, legislature to restrict powers. 8 12
Multiple dwellings, low rent projects,
public corporations.................. 18 2
Nursing homes, accommodations
for persons of low income............ 18 2
State,
Housing project, subsidy to
avoid default prohibited........... 18 5
Public housing corporation,
liability.......................... 18 5
Lotto may be authorized by certain....... 1 9
Municipal public utility services
(see also "Public improvements and
services" under "Municipalities"):
Fair returns on property used.......... 3 18
General municipal purposes,
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use of profits....................... 3 18
Operating costs and reserves,
earnings above not prohibited........ 3 18
Operation, certain restrictions on
legislative power.................... 3 18
Refund to consumers, use of profits.... 3 18
Revenues and profits, use not
subject to certain legislative
restrictions....................... 3 18
Taxes, amounts equivalent to,
right to earn........................ 3 18
Nursing homes, loans to corporations
authorized............................. 18 2
Officers (See also "Public Officers"),
Election when no constitutional
provision............................ 9 1(b)
Extra compensation prohibited..........
Legislative power...................... 8 12
Organization (see also "Creation"
under "Municipalities"),
Cities, provision...................... 9 2(a)
Counties, provision.................... 9 2(a)
Towns, provision....................... 9 2(a)
Villages, provision.................... 9 2(a)
Orphan asylums, payments to.............. 8 1
Pensions not subject to taxation......... 16 5
Pension and retirement systems, debts
excluded in computing limitation....... 8 5
Pledge of faith and credit,
Low rent housing projects.............. 18 4
Payment of indebtedness,............... 8 2
Public corporations.................. 8 3
Police officers, retired, pensions may be
increased.............................. 8 1
Prison labor, may benefit from work done
by or receive products of ............. 3 24
Private corporations or associations,
ownership of stocks or bonds prohibited 8 1
Public corporations (see also "Public
Corporations"),
Acquisition of properties and payment
of indebtedness...................... 10 5
Creation, consent required........... 8 3
Inclusion in debt limitation......... 8 3
Liability for obligations prohibited... 10 5
Public health, protection, provision..... 17 3
Public improvements and services (see
also "Municipal public utility
services" under "Municipality"),
Exclusion from debt limitation......... 8 2-a, 5
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Expenditures, certain, exclusion from
tax limitation of certain............ 8 11
Revenues of certain, application and
use,................................. 8 10-a
Water supply, restrictions
inapplicable to...................... 8 10-a
Public work, employees................... 1 17
....................................... 9 2(c)
Railroad crossing elimination, liability
for expense............................ 7 14
Reformatories, payments to............... 8 1
Refunding indebtedness, conditions....... 8 2
Reservoirs, cost of operation and
improvements, how apportioned.......... 14 2
Retirement system, debts excluded in
computing limitation................... 8 5
Revenue producing services............... 8 5, 10-a
School district, advances by county for
unpaid taxes........................... 8 1
Sewage systems,
Common or excess, authorized........... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a
Revenues, restrictions on use.......... 8 2-a
Social welfare, provision................ 17 1
State social welfare board,
Inspection of institution, agency or
home................................. 8 1
Visitation of institution.............. 17 2
Stock, ownership in private corporations
prohibited............................. 8 1
Taxes and assessments,
Appropriations for redemption of
certain evidence of indebtedness..... 8 2
Average assessed valuation, manner of
determining for debt limit purposes.. 8 4
Average full valuation, manner of
determining for tax limit purposes... 8 10
Cities, counties, towns and villages,
legislature to restrict powers....... 8 12
Education purposes, exclusion from tax
limit of certain..................... 8 10
Expenditures, certain, exclusion from
tax limitation....................... 8 11
Limitation of power.................... 8 12
Public corporations, certain, consent
to contract indebtedness............. 8 3
Real property, power to levy,
limitations, exclusions.............. 8 3,
................................... 10-12
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Redevelopment projects................. 16 6
State comptroller's powers............. 5 1
Towns, advances by county for unpaid
taxes................................ 8 1
Water supply,
Common, authorized................... 8 2-a
Excess, authorized..................... 8 2-a
Indebtedness, exclusion from debt
limitation........................... 8 2-a, 5
Revenues, restrictions on use
inapplicable......................... 8 10-a
NAMES OF PERSONS:
Change by private or local bill
prohibited............................. 3 17
Nassau County:
District court, continued................ 6 16(a)
Indebtedness, limitation, exceptions..... 8 4
National Guard (see "Militia").
Naval Forces (see also "Militia"):
Governor to be commander-in-chief........ 4 3
Navigation:
Voting residence of persons engaged in... 2 4
Needy (see also "Social Welfare"):
......................................... 7 8
Aid, care and support.................... 8 1
...................................... 17 1
Neglected Children (see also "Children"):
Aid and support, power to provide........ 7 8
Family court, jurisdiction............... 6 13(b)(1)
State board of social welfare, visitation
of institutions........................ 17 2
New Trial:
Appeal from order of appellate division
granting............................... 6 3(b)(3)
Appellate court may grant................ 6 5(a)
New York Authority, Port of (see "Port of
New York Authority")
New York City (see also "Cities"):
Acquisition of land for docks, financing. 8 2
Appointment and removal of county clerks. 13 13(a)
Appointment or election of county
officers when not provided by
constitution........................... 13 13(c)
Bonds,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 5, 7
..................................... 7a
Financing.............................. 8 2
Capital improvements, exclusion from tax
limitation............................. 8 11
Certificates of indebtedness, debts
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excluded from limitation............... 8 5, 7,
....................................... 7a
City-wide courts (see "City-Wide Courts,
New York City").
Council thereof, to have powers of local
legislative body..................... 9 2(e)
Counties in city,
Abolition of certain offices and
assignment of functions.............. 13 13(c)
District attorney, election and removal 13 13(a)
Election or appointment of officers
not provided by constitution......... 13 13(c)
Elective officers to continue in office 13 13(c)
Existing laws to continue.............. 13 13(c)
Legislative power over................. 13 13(c)
Real estate, limitation of taxes....... 8 10
Taxes on real estate, limitation....... 8 10
County clerks (see also "County Clerks"),
Appointment and removal................ 13 13(a)
Assignment of duties to city officers.. 13 13(c)
County courts (see specific counties).
County offices,
Abolition of certain, assignment of
duties to city officers.............. 13 13(c)
Elections.............................. 13 8
Term of office of certain.............. 13 13(c)
Court of general sessions
(see "General Sessions").
District attorney (see also "District
Attorney),
Election and removal................... 13 13(a)
Term of office......................... 13 13(c)
Docks,
Debts excluded from limitation......... 8 7
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Domestic relations court(see "Domestic
Relations Court").
Election or appointment of county officers
when not provided by constitution...... 13 13(c)
Fiscal officer, exclusion of certain
indebtedness from tax limitation....... 8 11
General sessions (see "General Sessions").
Grade crossing elimination, amount of
state money to be segregated........... 7 14
Hospitals, indebtedness, amount excluded
in computing limitation................ 8 7
Improvements, certain, debts excluded
from limitation ....................... 8 7
Indebtedness,
Contribution to sinking fund for
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payment.............................. 8 2
Debts excluded from limitation......... 8 5,7,
..................................... 7a
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Limitation............................. 8 4
Payment for certain improvements....... 8 2
Installments, payment of
indebtedness........................... 8 2
Legislature,
County officers or clerks, passage of
laws affecting....................... 13 13(c)
Message from governor required on laws
affecting certain county officers.... 13 13(c)
Two-thirds vote required on laws
affecting certain county officers.... 13 13(c)
Local laws, abolition of certain
county officers........................ 13 13(c)
Magistrate's court (see "Magistrate's
Court").
Pensions, benefits, increase
authorized for dependents of certain
employees............................ 8 1
Railroads,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 7,7a
Financing by bonds..................... 8 2
Grade crossing elimination, amount
of state money to be segregated...... 7 14
Rapid Transit (see "Railroads under
"New York City").
Schools, certain debts excluded
from limitation........................ 8 7
Sheriffs (see "Sheriffs").
Special sessions (see "Courts Of Special
Sessions")
Subways, debts excluded in computing
limitation............................. 8 7,7a
Supreme Court (see "Supreme Court").
Taxes,
Limitation on annual, on real estate... 8 10
Real estate, annual, limitation........ 8 10
Valuation affecting limitation of
indebtedness......................... 8 7
Valuation limiting indebtedness........ 8 4
Water supply, financing by bonds......... 8 2
NEW YORK Colony:
Common law, acts and resolutions
constituting law of state.............. 1 14
NEW YORK COUNTY:
Court of general sessions,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
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Actions and proceedings, transferred
to supreme court..................... 6 35(b)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Court of general sessions-(Concluded)
Judges, to be justices of supreme court
for remainder of term................ 6 35(b)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY (see "Port of New
York Authority").
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION:
Court on the judiciary, request by
majority of executive committee to
convene.............................. 6 22(d)
NON-JUDICIAL PERSONNEL:
Abolished courts, assignment thereof..... 6 35(l)
NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS:
Tax exemption not to be altered
or repealed............................ 16 1
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS:
Bingo or lotto, conducted by certain,
authorized............................. 1 9
NURSING HOMES:
Accommodations for persons of low income,
legislature may provide............... 18 1
Contracts,
State subsidies, legislature
may provide.......................... 18 2
Subsidies to corporations authorized... 18 2
Loans, authorization..................... 18 2
Subsidies, legislature may provide....... 18 2
OATH OR AFFIRMATION:
Court for trial of impeachments, members
to take................................ 6 24
Public officers to take.................. 13 1
Search and seizures,
Telephone and telegraph communications,
warrant for interception to be
supported............................ 1 12
Warrant to be supported................ 1 12
OBLIGATION OF DEBT:
Preservation............................. 1 15
OFFENSES:
Certain, jurisdiction of family court.... 6 13(b)(7)
OFFICE:
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Duration, not provided by constitution... 13 2
OFFICERS (see "Public Officers").
OLD AGE:
Legislature, power to provide protection
against hazards........................ 7 8
ONEIDA COUNTY:
Special county judge, office abolished,
judge to be judge of family court for
remainder of term.................... 6 35(g)
OPINIONS:
Attorney general, constitutional
amendment.............................. 19 1
ORDERS:
Habeas Corpus............................ 1 3
Interception of telephone and
telegraph communications, conditions
for issuance........................... 1 12
ORGANIZATION:
Labor, right............................. 1 17
ORPHAN ASYLUM (see also"Charitable
Institutions").
Municipalities, authorization of
indebtedness........................... 8 1
OSWEGO CANAL (see also "Canal"):
Disposition, prohibition against......... 15 1
Exceptions............................... 15 2
PAPERS:
Abolished courts, to be deposited with
clerk of county in which courts are
located................................ 6 35(a)
PARDONS:
Communications of each case
to legislature by governor............. 4 4
Governor, power to grant, exceptions..... 4 4
Treason, power of legislature
to grant after conviction.............. 4 4
PARENT AND CHILD (see "Children").
PARI-MUTUEL BETTING:
Horse races, authorization............... 1 9
Revenue, derivation...................... 1 9
PARKS:
Condemnation of property, excess taking.. 1 7
PARKWAYS (see "Highways").
PAROLE:
Children, religious persuasion
to control............................. 6 32
Legislature to provide system............ 17 5
PASSENGERS, RAILROAD (see "Port of New York
Authority").
PATERNITY:
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Establishment, jurisdiction of
family court........................... 6 13(b)(5)
PEACEMAKER COURTS:
Continued................................ 6 32
Judiciary article inapplicable........... 6 32
PENITENTIARIES (see "Correctional
Institutions," "Prisons," "Reformatories").
PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS:
Benefits not to be
diminished or impaired................. 5 7
Cities, local laws, amendment or
repeal................................. 9 1(a)
....................................... 2(c)
Schools, legislative power over........ 9 3(c)
Pensions of retired police officers
and firefighters, may be increased... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Counties,
Pensions of retired police officers
and firefighters may be increased.... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Municipalities,
Debts excluded in computing limitation. 8 5
Retired police officers and fire
fighters, pensions may be increased.. 8 1
Pensions may be increased................ 7 8
Police officers and fire fighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
State employees, exemption from taxation. 16 5
Teachers retirement system,
Pensions payable to widow, widower
or beneficiary of retired member
may be increased..................... 7 8
Towns,
Pensions of retired police officers and
firefighters, may be increased....... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Villages,
Pensions of retired police officers and
firefighters, may be increased....... 8 1
Police officers and firefighters,
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retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
Firefighters and police officers,
retired, pensions may be increased... 8 1
PEOPLE (see also "Persons," "Rights and
Privileges"):
Definition, local government............. 9 3(c)
PERMANENT REGISTRATION (see also "Elections"):
Systems, authority to enact laws......... 2 6
PERQUISITES OF OFFICE:
Constitutional officers, prohibition
against receiving...................... 13 7
PERSONAL INJURIES:
Damages, amount not to be limited
in case of death....................... 1 16
Right of action not to be abrogated in
case of death.......................... 1 16
PERSONAL PROPERTY (see also "Property"):
Liens, jurisdiction to foreclose,
County courts.......................... 6 11(a)
District courts........................ 6 16(d)
New York city-wide court
of civil jurisdiction.................. 6 15(b)
Taxation,
Excise tax prohibited, exception....... 16 3
Intangibles not taxed ad valorem....... 16 3
Place where deemed located............. 16 3
PERSONNEL:
Non-judicial, abolished courts,
assignment thereof..................... 6 35(1)
PERSONS (see also "People," "Rights and
Privileges"):
Due process, deprivation of life, liberty
or property prohibited................. 1 6
Exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise by private or local bill
prohibited............................. 3 17
Laying railroad tracks, privilege
by private orlocal bill prohibited..... 3 17
Name, change, private or
local bill prohibited.................. 3 17
Searches and seizures, protection against
unreasonable........................... 1 12
PETE GAY MOUNTAIN:
Forest preserve, construction of certain
ski trails authorized.................. 14 1
PETIT JURY (see "Jury"):
PETIT LARCENY:
Indictment by grand jury unnecessary..... 1 6
PETITION:
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Right guaranteed......................... 1 9
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED:
Education and support,
legislature to provide................. 7 8
PLACES OF VOTING:
Designation by private or local
bill prohibited........................ 3 17
POLICE OFFICERS, RETIRED:
Pensions, right of municipalities
to increase............................ 8 1
POLITICAL PARTIES (see also "Elections"):
Party positions, primary elections
may be waived in certain cases......... 1 1
Sex, rules may provide for equal
representation on committes............ 13 1
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (see also "Cities, "
"Counties," "Municipalities,"etc):
Accounts, supervision by comptroller..... 5 1
Health, protection and promotion......... 17 3
Needy, aid, care and support............. 17 1
Officers and employees, salaries
subject to taxation.................... 16 5
Pensions, exemption from taxation........ 16 5
Schools, denominational, religious,
state aid prohibited................... 11 3
POLITICAL YEAR:
Commencement............................. 13 4
POOL-SELLING (see also "Gambling"):
Prohibition against authorization........ 1 9
POOR (see also "Social Welfare"):
Municipalities, authorization of
indebtedness to support................ 8 1
Legislature, power to provide............ 7 8
POPULATION (see "Federal Census"):
Port of New York Authority:
Railroad passenger facilities,
Lease of, to railroads................. 10 7
Liabilty of state for obligations
issued to purchase................... 10 7
Obligations for certain, guaranty
by state............................. 10 7
Purchase and lease, authority.......... 10 7
State, liability for certain
obligations.......................... 10 7
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE:
Legislature, may delegate power to
regulate............................... 6 30
PREAMBLE OF CONSTITUTION................... Page 12
PREFERENCE:
Housing, occupancy of low rent projects,
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restrictions........................... 18 6
Religious worship, prohibition against... 1 3
PRESIDENT OF SENATE:
Absence or impeachment of lieutenant-
governor, temporary president to
discharge duties of office............. 4 6
Court for trial of impeachments,
member................................. 6 24
Lieutenant-governor acting as
governor, temporary president to
discharge duties of office............. 4 6
Lietenant-governor to be................. 4 6
Notification of removal charges before
court on the judiciary................. 6 22(e)
PRESS:
Freedom guaranteed....................... 1 8
PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE
(see "Public Work").
PRINTING:
Bills, requirement....................... 3 14
PRISONS (see also "Correctional
Institutions," "Reformatories"):
Labor,
Contract system abolished and
prohibited........................... 3 24
Political subdivisions may benefit
from work done or products........... 3 24
Products or profits not to benefit any
person or corporation................ 3 24
Public institutions may benefit from
work done or products................ 3 24
State may benefit from work done or
products............................. 3 24
Legislature to provide for support and
maintenance............................ 17 5
Occupation and employment of prisoners... 3 24
Voting residence unaffected while
confined............................... 2 4
PRIVATE AND LOCAL BILLS (see "Bills,"
"Local Laws," "Special Laws").
PRIVATE PROPERTY (see "Property").
PRIVATE ROADS:
Benefits, payment........................ 1 7
Opening, jury to determine necessity and
amount of damage....................... 1 7
PRIVILEGES (see "Rights and Privileges").
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Warrents for search and seizure.......... 1 12
PROBATE OF WILLS:
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Surrogate's court, jurisdiction.......... 6 12(d)
PROBATION:
Legislature to provide system............ 17 5
PROCESSES:
Courts, service and execution............ 6 1(c)
PRODUCE:
Offices for weighing, etc., abolished.... 5 5
PROFITS:
Housing; loans to certain corporations... 18 2
Non--profit organizations, alteration or
repeal of tax exemptions prohibited.... 16 1
Savings banks; trustees to have no
interest in profits of corporation..... 10 3
Undistributed, taxation prohibited....... 16 3
PROPERTY (see also "Lands"):
Condemnation for public use.............. 1 7
Due process, deprivation prohibited...... 1 6
Exemption from taxation by private or
local bill prohibited.................. 3 17
Private property, compensation when taken
for public use......................... 1 7
Real property, comptroller's powers
respecting assessment and taxation..... 5 1
PROSECUTION:
Capital or infamous crimes, by indictment
of grand jury, exceptions.............. 1 6
PUBLIC AGENCIES (see "Public
Corporations").
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (see "Public Corporations").
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS (see also specific titles,
"Cities," "Towns," etc.):
Accounts subject to supervision.......... 10 5
Bridges, building, authorization by
private or local bill.................. 3 17
Comptroller to supervise accounts........ 10 5
Creation,
Prohibition against certain, exception. 8 3
Special act only, exceptions........... 10 5
Drainage systems, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
Employment,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, unauthorized........... 7 8
Housing,
Acquisition of property................ 18 9
Definition............................. 18 2
Eminent domain authorized.............. 18 2,9
Excess property, acquisition and use... 18 3
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Indebtedness, liability, how computed,. 18 7
Payment, guaranty by muncipality..... 18 2
Loans authorized,...................... 18 2
Municipal liability for repayment
to state............................. 18 5
Subsidies authorized................... 18 2
Subsidy to avoid default on state loan
prohibited........................... 18 5
Indebtedness,
Payment by state or political
subdivision............................ 10 5
Restrictions on power to contract...... 8 3
Industrial plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
Manufacturing plants, rehabilitation,
Indebtedness, guaranty by state........ 10 7
Loans by state, authorized............. 7 8
Obligations,
Liability of state or political
subdivisions prohibited, exception..... 10 5,6
Powers when created pursuant to
interstate compact..................... 10 5
Powers to be limited, exceptions......... 10 5
Property, acquisition by state or
political subdivisions................. 10 5
Sewage systems, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
Special act for creation, exceptions..... 10 5
Thruways,
Bonds, liability of state.............. 10 6
Canal lands, use....................... 10 6
Obligations, liability of state........ 10 6
Water supply, excess or common,
authorization.......................... 8 2-a
Municipalities may contract
indebtedness........................... 8 2-a
PUBLIC HEALTH (see "Health and Safety").
PUBLIC HOUSING (see "Housing").
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (see "Improvements,"
"Municipalities").
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS:
Prison labor, may receive work
done or products....................... 3 24
Visitation and inspection................ 17 2-6
Voting residence unaffected while
confined at certain.................... 2 4
PUBLIC OFFICE:
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Disqualification of certain judges and
justices from holding other............ 6 20(b)(1)
Duration when not otherwise provided..... 13 2
Duties, succession during certain
emergencies, legislature to provide.... 3 25
Forfeiture,
Refusal to sign waiver of immunity in
certain cases........................ 1 6
Refusal to testify concerning conduct.. 1 6
Impeachment,
Removal from office and
disqualification..................... 6 24
Inquiry into conduct by grand jury....... 1 6
Judges, removal by court on the
judiciary, disqualification............ 6 22(c)
Powers, succession during certain
emergencies, legislature to provide.... 3 25
Primary elections, waiver authorized in
certain cases.......................... 1 1
Refusal of public officers to testify or
waive immunity, disqualification from
holding other public office or
employment............................. 1 6
Succession to powers and duties, periods
of certain emergencies, legislature to
provide................................ 3 25
PUBLIC OFFICERS (see also specific
officers):
Assembly members, extra compensation
prohibited............................. 3 6
Attorney general to institute suit for
forfeiture of office................... 1 6
Bribery, expense of investigation or
prosecution state charge............... 13 13(b)
Compensation (see also "Compensation"),
Change during term prohibited.......... 13 7
Constitutional officers................ 13 7
Taxation, subject to................... 16 5
Constitutional provisions relating to.... 13 1-7
Duration of office when not provided by
constitution........................... 13 2
Election, certain........................ 13 8
Fees,
Constitutional officer................. 13 7
Increase or decrease during term by
private or local bill prohibited..... 3 17
Forfeiture of office..................... 1 6
Immunity, penalty for failure to sign
waiver................................. 1 6
Impeachment, majority vote required,..... 6 24
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Liability to indictment and punishment
unaffected........................... 6 24
Indictment or information, power of
grand juries........................... 1 6
Legislature, members ineligible for
certain other public offices........... 3 7
Limitation upon test..................... 13 1
Local, method of selection when not
otherwise provided..................... 9 1(b)
Member of legislature, extra
compensation prohibited................ 3 6
Misconduct in office, power of grand
Jury not to be impaired................ 1 6
Oath of office........................... 13 1
Pension or retirement systems, benefits
not to be diminished................... 5 7
Pensions not subject to taxation......... 16 5
Power of grand jury to investigate not
subject to suspension or impairment.... 1 6
Proceedings involving, appeals to court
of appeals............................. 6 3(b)(5)
Refusal to testify or waive immunity,
disqualification from holding other
public office or employment............ 1 6
Removal from office (see also "Removal
from Office"),
Failure to sign waiver of immunity
in certain cases..................... 1 6
Failure to testify before grand jury
concerning official duties........... 1 6
Misconduct or malversation, vacancies.. 13 5
Salaries (see "Compensation" under
"Public Officers").
Senators, extra compensation prohibited.. 3 6
Sex, equal representation on committees
of political parties................... 13 1
State officers (see also specific state
officers),
General provisions..................... 5 1-7
Legislature of assign functions........ 5 3
Rules and regulations, filing and
publication.......................... 4 8
Term of office, duration when not
provided by constitution............. 13 2
Vacancies in office,................... 13 6
Declaration when not provided by
constitution....................... 13 6
Filling................................ 13 3,5
PUBLIC SAFETY:
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Suspension of writ of habeas corpus...... 1 4
PUBLIC SCHOOLS (see "Schools").
PUBLIC SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
PUBLIC USE (see "Eminent Domain," "Lands,"
"Property").
PUBLIC UTILITIES (see also
"Municipalities"):
Municipal operation, profits,
restriction on legislative power....... 3 18
PUBLIC WELFARE (see "Social Welfare").
PUBLIC WORK:
Collective bargaining.................... 1 17
Days of labor, limitation, exception..... 1 17
Employees, rights generally, legislative
power.................................. 9 2(c)
....................................... 13 14
Hours of labor, limitation, exception.... 1 17
Wages, prevailing rate to be paid........ 1 17
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:
Head of department, appointment and
removal................................ 5 4
PUBLICATION:
Legislature, journal of proceedings...... 3 10
Rules and regulations of state
departments and officers............... 4 8
PUNISHMENTS:
Cruel and unusual, prohibition against... 1 5
PUPILS (see "Schools").
QUEENS COUNTY:
County court,
Abolished.............................. 6 35(a)
Actions and proceedings, transferred
to supreme court..................... 6 35(b)
Appeals, where taken................... 6 35(m)
Documents, disposal thereof............ 6 35(a)
Judges, to be justices of supreme
court for remainder of term.......... 6 6(d),35(b)
Papers, disposal thereof............... 6 35(a)
Personnel, non-judicial, assigned to
certain courts....................... 6 35(l)
Records, disposal thereof.............. 6 35(a)
Seal, disposal thereof................. 6 35(a)
QUORUM:
Constitutional convention................ 19 2
Court of appeals......................... 6 2(a)
Legislature,
Majority of each house to constitute... 3 9
Three-fifths required for passing
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certain bills........................ 3 23
Supreme Court,
Appellate division..................... 6 4(b)
Appellate term......................... 6 8(c)
Discrimination in civil rights
prohibited........................... 1 11
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