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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 employment of prisoners sentenced to the several state prisons, penitentiaries, jails and reformatories in the state; and no person in any such prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory, shall be required or all…
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 legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency caused by enemy attack or by disasters (natural or otherwise), shall have the power and the immediate…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S3 Senate districts
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§ 3. The senate districts described in section three of article three of this constitution as adopted by the people on November sixth, eighteen hundred ninety-four are hereby continued for all of the purposes of future reapportionments of senate districts pursuant to section fou…
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 in the year nineteen hundred thirty and each federal census taken decennially thereafter shall be controlling as to the number of inhabitants in the state or any part thereof for the purposes of the apportion…
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 and shall be apportioned pursuant to this section and sections four and five-b of this article at each regular session at which the senate districts are readjusted or altered, and by the same law, among the sev…
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 pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this article, the term "inhabitants, excluding aliens" shall mean the whole number of persons.
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 and at any other time a court orders that congressional or state legislative districts be amended, an independent redistricting commission shall be established to determine the district lines for congressiona…
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 services a like annual salary, to be fixed by law. He or she shall also be reimbursed for his or her actual traveling expenses in going to and returning from the place in which the legislature meets, not more than …
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 she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months…
N.Y. Constitution § A3S8 Time of elections of members
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§ 8. The elections of senators and members of assembly, pursuant to the provisions of this constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, unless otherwise directed by the legislature.
N.Y. Constitution § A3S9 Powers of each house
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§ 9. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a tem…
N.Y. Constitution § A4S1 Executive power; election and terms of governor and lieutenant-governor
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ARTICLE IV Executive Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who shall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the general electio…
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 lieutenant-governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next preceding the election a resident of this state.
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 naval forces of the state. The governor shall have power to convene the legislature, or the senate only, on extraordinary occasions. At extraordinary sessions convened pursuant to the provisions of this section no…
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, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he or she may think proper, subject to such regulat…
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 her death or resignation, the lieutenant-governor shall become governor for the remainder of the term. In case the governor-elect shall decline to serve or shall die, the lieutenant-governor-elect shall become …
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 eligibility for office as the governor. The lieutenant-governor shall be the president of the senate but shall have only a casting vote therein. The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his or her services an…
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, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if the governor approve, he or she shall sign it; but if not, he or she shall return it with his or her objections to the house in which it shall have or…
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, bureau, officer, authority or commission, except such as relates to the organization or internal management of a state department, board, bureau, authority or commission shall be effective until it is filed in the o…
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 Officers and Civil Departments Section 1. The comptroller and attorney-general shall be chosen at the same general election as the governor and hold office for the same term, and shall possess the qualifications provided in section 2 of article IV. The legislature shal…
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 state government, including those referred to in this constitution. The legislature may by law change the names of the departments referred to in this constitution.
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 legislature may from time to time assign by law new powers and functions to departments, officers, boards, commissions or executive offices of the governor, and increase, modify or diminish their powers and func…
N.Y. Constitution § A5S4 Department heads
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§ 4. The head of the department of audit and control shall be the comptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head of the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of the State of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove a c…
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 all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be …
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 pension or retirement system of the state or of a civil division thereof shall be a contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of th…
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 Judiciary Section 1. a. There shall be a unified court system for the state. The state-wide courts shall consist of the court of appeals, the supreme court including the appellate divisions thereof, the court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court and the …
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 of New York. There shall be at least one judge of the county court in each county and such number of additional judges in each county as may be provided by law. The judges shall be residents of the county and…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S11 County court; jurisdiction; separate divisions
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§ 11. a. The county court shall have jurisdiction over the following classes of actions and proceedings which shall be originated in such county court in the manner provided by law, except that actions and proceedings within the jurisdiction of the district court or a town, vill…
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 state. There shall be at least one judge of the surrogate's court in each county and such number of additional judges of the surrogate's court as may be provided by law. b. The judges of the surrogate's court shal…
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 established. It shall consist of at least one judge in each county outside the city of New York and such number of additional judges for such counties as may be provided by law. Within the city of New York it shall con…
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 New York the same person may act and discharge the duties of county judge and surrogate or of judge of the family court and surrogate, or of county judge and judge of the family court, or of all three positio…
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 city-wide civil jurisdiction and a single court of city-wide criminal jurisdiction in and for the city of New York and the legislature may, upon the request of the mayor and the local legislative body of the city …
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 existing law and the legislature may, at the request of the board of supervisors or other elective governing body of any county outside the city of New York, establish the district court for the entire area of s…
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 York are continued and shall have the jurisdiction prescribed by the legislature but not in any respect greater than the jurisdiction of the district court as provided in section sixteen of this article. b. T…
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 this constitution. The legislature may provide that in any court of original jurisdiction a jury shall be composed of six or of twelve persons and may authorize any court which shall have jurisdiction over crimes…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S19 Transfer of actions and proceedings
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§ 19. a. The supreme court may transfer any action or proceeding, except one over which it shall have exclusive jurisdiction which does not depend upon the monetary amount sought, to any other court having jurisdiction of the subject matter within the judicial department provide…
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 chief judge and the six elected associate judges now in office, who shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms, and their successors, and such justices of the supreme court as may be …
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 effective date of this article, may assume the office of judge of the court of appeals, justice of the supreme court, or judge of the court of claims unless he or she has been admitted to practice law in this state …
N.Y. Constitution § A6S21 Vacancies; how filled
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§ 21. a. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term, in the office of justice of the supreme court, of judge of the county court, of judge of the surrogate's court or judge of the family court outside the city of New York, it shall be filled for a full term…
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 commission on judicial conduct shall receive, initiate, investigate and hear complaints with respect to the conduct, qualifications, fitness to perform or performance of official duties of any judge or justice of the …
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 court may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein. b. Judges of the court of claims, the county court, the sur…
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 majority of all the members elected thereto. The court for the trial of impeachments shall be composed of the president of the senate, the senators, or the major part of them, and the judges of the court of ap…
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 justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of claims, a judge of the county court, a judge of the surrogate's court, a judge of the family court, a judge of a court for the city of New York established pursu…
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 office or hold court in any county and may be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in any judicial district or to the court of claims. A justice of the supreme court in the city of New York may be temporarily…
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 requires, appoint extraordinary terms of the supreme court. The governor shall designate the time and place of holding the term and the justice who shall hold the term. The governor may terminate the assignme…
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 judge of the state of New York and shall be the chief judicial officer of the unified court system. There shall be an administrative board of the courts which shall consist of the chief judge of the court of app…
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 of operating and maintaining the court of appeals, the appellate division of the supreme court in each judicial department, the supreme court, the court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court, the …
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 the review of questions of law except where the judgment is of death, or where the appellate division, on reversing or modifying a final or interlocutory judgment in an action or a final or interlocutory order …
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 the jurisdiction and proceedings in law and in equity that it has heretofore exercised. The legislature may, on such terms as it shall provide and subject to subsequent modification, delegate, in whole or in p…
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 Indian courts, the existence and operation of which shall continue as may be provided by law.