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N.Y. Constitution § A3S24 Prison labor; contract system abolished
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§ 24. The legislature shall, by law, provide for the occupation and\nemployment of prisoners sentenced to the several state prisons,\npenitentiaries, jails and reformatories in the state; and no person in\nany such prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory, shall be required or\…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S25 Continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency
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§ 25. Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution, the\nlegislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local\ngovernmental operations in periods of emergency caused by enemy attack\nor by disasters (natural or otherwise), shall have the power and the\nimmed…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S3 Senate districts
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§ 3. The senate districts described in section three of article three\nof this constitution as adopted by the people on November sixth,\neighteen hundred ninety-four are hereby continued for all of the\npurposes of future reapportionments of senate districts pursuant to\nsection…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S4 Readjustments and reapportionments; when federal census to control
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§ 4. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, the federal census taken\nin the year nineteen hundred thirty and each federal census taken\ndecennially thereafter shall be controlling as to the number of\ninhabitants in the state or any part thereof for the purposes of the\nappor…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S5 Apportionment of assembly members; creation of assembly districts
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§ 5. The members of the assembly shall be chosen by single districts\nand shall be apportioned pursuant to this section and sections four and\nfive-b of this article at each regular session at which the senate\ndistricts are readjusted or altered, and by the same law, among the\…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S5-A Definition of inhabitants for purpose of apportioning
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§ 5-a. For the purpose of apportioning senate and assembly districts\npursuant to the foregoing provisions of this article, the term\n"inhabitants, excluding aliens" shall mean the whole number of persons.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A3S5-B An independent redistricting commission established
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§ 5-b. (a) On or before February first of each year ending with a zero\nand at any other time a court orders that congressional or state\nlegislative districts be amended, an independent redistricting\ncommission shall be established to determine the district lines for\ncongress…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S6 Compensation, allowances and traveling expenses of members
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§ 6. Each member of the legislature shall receive for his or her\nservices a like annual salary, to be fixed by law. He or she shall also\nbe reimbursed for his or her actual traveling expenses in going to and\nreturning from the place in which the legislature meets, not more th…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S7 Members; qualifications; not to receive certain civil appointments; acceptance to vacate seat
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§ 7. No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or\nshe is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the\nstate of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise\nprescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve mon…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S8 Time of elections of members
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§ 8. The elections of senators and members of assembly, pursuant to\nthe provisions of this constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday\nsucceeding the first Monday of November, unless otherwise directed by\nthe legislature.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A3S9 Powers of each house
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§ 9. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do\nbusiness. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings,\nand be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own\nmembers; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a\…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S1 Executive power; election and terms of governor and lieutenant-governor
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ARTICLE IV\n Executive\n Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who\nshall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be\nchosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and\nlieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the general …
N.Y. Constitution § A4S2 Qualifications of governor and lieutenant-governor
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§ 2. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or\nlieutenant-governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age\nof not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next\npreceding the election a resident of this state.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A4S3 Powers and duties of governor; compensation
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§ 3. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and\nnaval forces of the state. The governor shall have power to convene the\nlegislature, or the senate only, on extraordinary occasions. At\nextraordinary sessions convened pursuant to the provisions of this\nsectio…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S4 Reprieves, commutations and pardons; powers and duties of governor relating to grants of
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§ 4. The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves,\ncommutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except\ntreason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such\nrestrictions and limitations, as he or she may think proper, subject to\nsuch reg…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S5 When lieutenant-governor to act as governor
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§ 5. In case of the removal of the governor from office or of his or\nher death or resignation, the lieutenant-governor shall become governor\nfor the remainder of the term.\n In case the governor-elect shall decline to serve or shall die, the\nlieutenant-governor-elect shall be…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S6 Qualifications, duties and compensation of lieutenant-governor; succession to the governorship
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§ 6. The lieutenant-governor shall possess the same qualifications of\neligibility for office as the governor. The lieutenant-governor shall be\nthe president of the senate but shall have only a casting vote therein.\nThe lieutenant-governor shall receive for his or her services…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S7 Action by governor on legislative bills; reconsideration after veto
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§ 7. Every bill which shall have passed the senate and assembly shall,\nbefore it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if the governor\napprove, he or she shall sign it; but if not, he or she shall return it\nwith his or her objections to the house in which it shall have…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S8 Departmental rules and regulations; filing; publication
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§ 8. No rule or regulation made by any state department, board,\nbureau, officer, authority or commission, except such as relates to the\norganization or internal management of a state department, board,\nbureau, authority or commission shall be effective until it is filed in\nt…
N.Y. Constitution § A5S1 Comptroller and attorney-general, election, qualifications and duties; payment of state moneys without audit void
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ARTICLE V\n Officers and Civil Departments\n Section 1. The comptroller and attorney-general shall be chosen at the\nsame general election as the governor and hold office for the same term,\nand shall possess the qualifications provided in section 2 of article\nIV. The legislatu…
N.Y. Constitution § A5S2 Civil departments in state government
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§ 2. There shall be not more than twenty civil departments in the\nstate government, including those referred to in this constitution. The\nlegislature may by law change the names of the departments referred to\nin this constitution.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A5S3 Assignment of functions; number of departments may be reduced
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§ 3. Subject to the limitations contained in this constitution, the\nlegislature may from time to time assign by law new powers and functions\nto departments, officers, boards, commissions or executive offices of\nthe governor, and increase, modify or diminish their powers and\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A5S4 Department heads
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§ 4. The head of the department of audit and control shall be the\ncomptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head\nof the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of\nthe State of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove …
N.Y. Constitution § A5S6 Civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' preferences and credits
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§ 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and\nall of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall\nbe made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as\npracticable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall …
N.Y. Constitution § A5S7 Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished nor impaired
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§ 7. (a) After July first, nineteen hundred forty, membership in any\npension or retirement system of the state or of a civil division thereof\nshall be a contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be\ndiminished or impaired.\n (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) …
N.Y. Constitution § A6S1 Unified court system for state established; organization; courts of record; service and execution of process
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ARTICLE VI\n Judiciary\n Section 1. a. There shall be a unified court system for the state. The\nstate-wide courts shall consist of the court of appeals, the supreme\ncourt including the appellate divisions thereof, the court of claims,\nthe county court, the surrogate's court a…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S10 County court continued; judges
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§ 10. a. The county court is continued in each county outside the city\nof New York. There shall be at least one judge of the county court in\neach county and such number of additional judges in each county as may\nbe provided by law. The judges shall be residents of the county …
N.Y. Constitution § A6S11 County court; jurisdiction; separate divisions
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§ 11. a. The county court shall have jurisdiction over the following\nclasses of actions and proceedings which shall be originated in such\ncounty court in the manner provided by law, except that actions and\nproceedings within the jurisdiction of the district court or a town,\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S12 Surrogate's court continued; judges; jurisdiction
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§ 12. a. The surrogate's court is continued in each county in the\nstate. There shall be at least one judge of the surrogate's court in\neach county and such number of additional judges of the surrogate's\ncourt as may be provided by law.\n b. The judges of the surrogate's court…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S13 Family court established; composition; election and appointment of judges; jurisdiction
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§ 13. a. The family court of the state of New York is hereby\nestablished. It shall consist of at least one judge in each county\noutside the city of New York and such number of additional judges for\nsuch counties as may be provided by law. Within the city of New York it\nshall…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S14 Combination of certain judicial offices
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§ 14. The legislature may at any time provide that outside the city of\nNew York the same person may act and discharge the duties of county\njudge and surrogate or of judge of the family court and surrogate, or of\ncounty judge and judge of the family court, or of all three posi…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S15 New York city; city-wide courts established; merger; judges; jurisdiction
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§ 15. a. The legislature shall by law establish a single court of\ncity-wide civil jurisdiction and a single court of city-wide criminal\njurisdiction in and for the city of New York and the legislature may,\nupon the request of the mayor and the local legislative body of the ci…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S16 District courts; establishment; jurisdiction; judges; Nassau county district court continued
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§ 16. a. The district court of Nassau county may be continued under\nexisting law and the legislature may, at the request of the board of\nsupervisors or other elective governing body of any county outside the\ncity of New York, establish the district court for the entire area o…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S17 Town, village and city courts; jurisdiction; regulation; judges
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§ 17. a. Courts for towns, villages and cities outside the city of New\nYork are continued and shall have the jurisdiction prescribed by the\nlegislature but not in any respect greater than the jurisdiction of the\ndistrict court as provided in section sixteen of this article.\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S18 Trial by jury; trial without a jury; claims against the state
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§ 18. a. Trial by jury is guaranteed as provided in article one of\nthis constitution. The legislature may provide that in any court of\noriginal jurisdiction a jury shall be composed of six or of twelve\npersons and may authorize any court which shall have jurisdiction over\ncr…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S19 Transfer of actions and proceedings
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§ 19. a. The supreme court may transfer any action or proceeding,\nexcept one over which it shall have exclusive jurisdiction which does\nnot depend upon the monetary amount sought, to any other court having\njurisdiction of the subject matter within the judicial department\npro…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S2 Court of appeals and judges thereof; designation of supreme court justices to serve temporarily; judicial nominating commission; filling of vacancies by appointment; confirmation of appointments
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§ 2. a. The court of appeals is continued. It shall consist of the\nchief judge and the six elected associate judges now in office, who\nshall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms,\nand their successors, and such justices of the supreme court as may …
N.Y. Constitution § A6S20 Judicial office, qualifications and restrictions
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§ 20. a. No person, other than one who holds such office at the\neffective date of this article, may assume the office of judge of the\ncourt of appeals, justice of the supreme court, or judge of the court of\nclaims unless he or she has been admitted to practice law in this sta…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S21 Vacancies; how filled
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§ 21. a. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of\nterm, in the office of justice of the supreme court, of judge of the\ncounty court, of judge of the surrogate's court or judge of the family\ncourt outside the city of New York, it shall be filled for a full t…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S22 Commission on judicial conduct; membership; organization and procedure; review by court of appeals; discipline of judges
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§ 22. a. There shall be a commission on judicial conduct. The\ncommission on judicial conduct shall receive, initiate, investigate and\nhear complaints with respect to the conduct, qualifications, fitness to\nperform or performance of official duties of any judge or justice of t…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S23 Removal of certain judges and justices, by legislature; by senate on recommendation of governor
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§ 23. a. Judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme\ncourt may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the\nlegislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house\nconcur therein.\n b. Judges of the court of claims, the county court, th…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S24 Court for the trial of impeachments
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§ 24. The assembly shall have the power of impeachment by a vote of a\nmajority of all the members elected thereto. The court for the trial of\nimpeachments shall be composed of the president of the senate, the\nsenators, or the major part of them, and the judges of the court of…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S25 Compensation and retirement of certain judges and justices
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§ 25. a. The compensation of a judge of the court of appeals, a\njustice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of claims, a judge of\nthe county court, a judge of the surrogate's court, a judge of the\nfamily court, a judge of a court for the city of New York established\np…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S26 Temporary assignments of justices or judges to other courts
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§ 26. a. A justice of the supreme court may perform the duties of\noffice or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to\nthe supreme court in any judicial district or to the court of claims. A\njustice of the supreme court in the city of New York may be temporar…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S27 Supreme court; extraordinary terms
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§ 27. The governor may, when in his or her opinion the public interest\nrequires, appoint extraordinary terms of the supreme court. The governor\nshall designate the time and place of holding the term and the justice\nwho shall hold the term. The governor may terminate the assig…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S28 Administrative supervision of the courts
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§ 28. a. The chief judge of the court of appeals shall be the chief\njudge of the state of New York and shall be the chief judicial officer\nof the unified court system. There shall be an administrative board of\nthe courts which shall consist of the chief judge of the court of\…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S29 Allocation of cost of maintenance and operation of courts; determination of annual financial needs of the courts
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§ 29. a. The legislature shall provide for the allocation of the cost\nof operating and maintaining the court of appeals, the appellate\ndivision of the supreme court in each judicial department, the supreme\ncourt, the court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court, t…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S3 Court of appeals; jurisdiction
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§ 3. a. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals shall be limited to\nthe review of questions of law except where the judgment is of death, or\nwhere the appellate division, on reversing or modifying a final or\ninterlocutory judgment in an action or a final or interlocutory ord…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S30 Regulation of jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the courts
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§ 30. The legislature shall have the same power to alter and regulate\nthe jurisdiction and proceedings in law and in equity that it has\nheretofore exercised. The legislature may, on such terms as it shall\nprovide and subject to subsequent modification, delegate, in whole or i…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S31 Peacemakers and other Indian courts continued
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§ 31. This article does not apply to the peacemakers courts or other\nIndian courts, the existence and operation of which shall continue as\nmay be provided by law.\n