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N.Y. Constitution § A6S32 Safeguarding religion of children under jurisdiction of court
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§ 32. When any court having jurisdiction over a child shall commit it\nor remand it to an institution or agency or place it in the custody of\nany person by parole, placing out, adoption or guardianship, the child\nshall be committed or remanded or placed, when practicable, in a…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S33 Existing laws to continue in force; legislature to implement article
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§ 33. Existing provisions of law not inconsistent with this article\nshall continue in force until repealed, amended, modified or superseded\nin accordance with the provisions of this article. The legislature shall\nenact appropriate laws to carry into effect the purposes and pr…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S34 Determination of pending appeals, actions and proceedings; terms of judges and justices now in office
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§ 34. a. The court of appeals, the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt, the supreme court, the court of claims, the county court in\ncounties outside the city of New York, the surrogate's court and the\ndistrict court of Nassau county shall hear and determine all appeals,\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S35 Abolition of certain courts; disposal of records; transfer of judges, justices, court personnel and pending actions and proceedings
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§ 35. a. The children's courts, the court of general sessions of the\ncounty of New York, the county courts of the counties of Bronx, Kings,\nQueens and Richmond, the city court of the city of New York, the\ndomestic relations court of the city of New York, the municipal court o…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S36 Disposal of appeals, actions and proceedings
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§ 36. No civil or criminal appeal, action or proceeding pending before\nany court or any judge or justice on the effective date of this article\nshall abate but such appeal, action or proceeding so pending shall be\ncontinued in the courts as provided in this article and, for th…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S36-A Effective date of certain amendments to articles VI and VII
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§ 36-a. The amendments to the provisions of sections two, four, seven,\neight, eleven, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-eight, twenty-nine\nand thirty of article six and to the provisions of section one of\narticle seven, as first proposed by a concurrent resolution passed…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S36-C Effective date of certain amendments to article VI, sec. 22
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§ 36-c. The amendments to the provisions of section twenty-two of\narticle six as first proposed by a concurrent resolution passed by the\nlegislature in the year nineteen hundred seventy-four and entitled\n"Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assembly proposing an amendment…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S37 Effective date of article
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§ 37. This article shall become a part of the constitution on the\nfirst day of January next after the approval and ratification of this\namendment by the people but its provisions shall not become operative\nuntil the first day of September next thereafter which date shall be\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S4 Judicial departments; appellate divisions of supreme court and justices thereof; temporary designation of additional justices; transfer of appeals; jurisdiction
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§ 4. a. The state shall be divided into four judicial departments. The\nfirst department shall consist of the counties within the first judicial\ndistrict of the state. The second department shall consist of the\ncounties within the second, ninth, tenth and eleventh judicial dis…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S5 Appeals from judgment or order; power of appellate court; transfer of appeals taken to unauthorized appellate court
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§ 5. a. Upon an appeal from a judgment or an order, any appellate\ncourt to which the appeal is taken which is authorized to review such\njudgment or order may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may\nmodify the judgment or order appealed from, and each interlocutory\njudgm…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S6 Judicial districts; composition; supreme court continued; justices of supreme court
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§ 6. a. The state shall be divided into eleven judicial districts. The\nfirst judicial district shall consist of the counties of Bronx and New\nYork. The second judicial district shall consist of the counties of\nKings and Richmond. The third judicial district shall consist of t…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S7 Jurisdiction of supreme court; new classes of actions
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§ 7. a. The supreme court shall have general original jurisdiction in\nlaw and equity and the appellate jurisdiction herein provided. In the\ncity of New York, it shall have exclusive jurisdiction over crimes\nprosecuted by indictment, provided, however, that the legislature may…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S8 Appellate terms of supreme court; composition and jurisdiction
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§ 8. a. The appellate division of the supreme court in each judicial\ndepartment may establish an appellate term in and for such department or\nin and for a judicial district or districts or in and for a county or\ncounties within such department. Such an appellate term shall be…
N.Y. Constitution § A6S9 Court of claims continued; judges; jurisdiction
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§ 9. The court of claims is continued. It shall consist of the eight\njudges now authorized by law, but the legislature may increase such\nnumber and may reduce such number to six or seven. The judges shall be\nappointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the\…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S1 Estimates by departments, the legislature and the judiciary of needed appropriations; hearings
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ARTICLE VII\n State Finances\n Section 1. For the preparation of the budget, the head of each\ndepartment of state government, except the legislature and judiciary,\nshall furnish the governor such estimates and information in such form\nand at such times as the governor may req…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S10 State debts on account of invasion, insurrection, war and forest fires
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§ 10. In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the\nstate may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or\ndefend the state in war, or to suppress forest fires; but the money\narising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied for the\np…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S11 State debts generally; manner of contracting; referendum
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§ 11. Except the debts or refunding debts specified in sections 9, 10\nand 13 of this article, no debt shall be hereafter contracted by or in\nbehalf of the state, unless such debt shall be authorized by law, for\nsome single work or purpose, to be distinctly specified therein. …
N.Y. Constitution § A7S12 State debts generally; how paid; restrictions on use of bond proceeds
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§ 12. Except the debts or refunding debts specified in sections 9, 10\nand 13 of this article, all debts contracted by the state and each\nportion of any such debt from time to time so contracted shall be\nsubject to the following rules:\n 1. The principal of each debt or any po…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S13 Refund of state debts
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§ 13. The legislature may provide means and authority whereby any\nstate debt or debts, or any portion or combination thereof, may be\nrefunded in accordance with the following provisions:\n 1. State debts may be refunded at any time after they are incurred\nprovided that the st…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S14 State debt for elimination of railroad crossings at grade; expenses; how borne; construction and reconstruction of state highways and parkways
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§ 14. The legislature may authorize by law the creation of a debt or\ndebts of the state, not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred million\ndollars, to provide moneys for the elimination, under state supervision,\nof railroad crossings at grade within the state, and for inci…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S15 Sinking funds; how kept and invested; income therefrom and application thereof
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§ 15. The sinking funds provided for the payment of interest and the\nextinguishment of the principal of the debts of the state heretofore\ncontracted shall be continued; they shall be separately kept and safely\ninvested, and neither of them shall be appropriated or used in any…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S16 Payment of state debts; when comptroller to pay without appropriation
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§ 16. The legislature shall annually provide by appropriation for the\npayment of the interest upon and installments of principal of all debts\nor refunding debts created on behalf of the state except those\ncontracted under section 9 of this article, as the same shall fall due,…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S17 Authorizing the legislature to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue stabilization reserves; regulating payments thereto and withdrawals therefrom
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§ 17. The legislature may establish a fund or funds to aid in the\nstabilization of the tax revenues of the state available for expenditure\nor distribution. Any law creating such a fund shall specify the tax or\ntaxes to which such fund relates, and shall prescribe the method o…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S18 Bonus on account of service of certain veterans in world war II
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§ 18. The legislature may authorize by law the creation of a debt or\ndebts of the state to provide for the payment of a bonus to each male\nand female member of the armed forces of the United States, still in the\narmed forces, or separated or discharged under honorable conditi…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S19 State debt for expansion of state university
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§ 19. The legislature may authorize by law the creation of a debt or\ndebts of the state, not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred fifty\nmillion dollars, to provide moneys for the construction, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation, improvement and equipment of facilities for the\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S2 Executive budget
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§ 2. Annually, on or before the first day of February in each year\nfollowing the year fixed by the constitution for the election of\ngovernor and lieutenant governor, and on or before the second Tuesday\nfollowing the first day of the annual meeting of the legislature, in all\n…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S3 Budget bills; appearances before legislature
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§ 3. At the time of submitting the budget to the legislature the\ngovernor shall submit a bill or bills containing all the proposed\nappropriations and reappropriations included in the budget and the\nproposed legislation, if any, recommended therein.\n The governor may at any t…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S4 Action on budget bills by legislature; effect thereof
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§ 4. The legislature may not alter an appropriation bill submitted by\nthe governor except to strike out or reduce items therein, but it may\nadd thereto items of appropriation provided that such additions are\nstated separately and distinctly from the original items of the bill…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S5 Restrictions on consideration of other appropriations
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§ 5. Neither house of the legislature shall consider any other bill\nmaking an appropriation until all the appropriation bills submitted by\nthe governor shall have been finally acted on by both houses, except on\nmessage from the governor certifying to the necessity of the imme…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S6 Restrictions on content of appropriation bills
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§ 6. Except for appropriations contained in the bills submitted by the\ngovernor and in a supplemental appropriation bill for the support of\ngovernment, no appropriations shall be made except by separate bills\neach for a single object or purpose. All such bills and such\nsuppl…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S7 Appropriation bills
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§ 7. No money shall ever be paid out of the state treasury or any of\nits funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance\nof an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two\nyears next after the passage of such appropriation act; and eve…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S8 Gift or loan of state credit or money prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
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§ 8. 1. The money of the state shall not be given or loaned to or in\naid of any private corporation or association, or private undertaking;\nnor shall the credit of the state be given or loaned to or in aid of any\nindividual, or public or private corporation or association, or…
N.Y. Constitution § A7S9 Short term state debts in anticipation of taxes, revenues and proceeds of sale of authorized bonds
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§ 9. The state may contract debts in anticipation of the receipt of\ntaxes and revenues, direct or indirect, for the purposes and within the\namounts of appropriations theretofore made. Notes or other obligations\nfor the moneys so borrowed shall be issued as may be provided by …
N.Y. Constitution § A8S1 Gift or loan or credit of local subdivisions prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
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ARTICLE VIII\n Local Finances\n Section 1. No county, city, town, village or school district shall\ngive or loan any money or property to or in aid of any individual, or\nprivate corporation or association, or private undertaking, or become\ndirectly or indirectly the owner of s…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S10 Limitations on amount to be raised by real estate taxes for local purposes; exceptions
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§ 10. Hereafter, in any county, city, village or school district\ndescribed in this section, the amount to be raised by tax on real estate\nin any fiscal year, in addition to providing for the interest on and the\nprincipal of all indebtedness, shall not exceed an amount equal t…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S10-A Application and use of revenues from certain public improvements
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§ 10-a. For the purpose of determining the amount of taxes which may\nbe raised on real estate pursuant to section ten of this article, the\nrevenues received in each fiscal year by any county, city or village\nfrom a public improvement or part thereof, or service, owned or rend…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S11 Taxes for certain capital expenditures to be excluded from tax limitation
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§ 11. (a) Whenever the city of New York is required by law to pay for\nall or any part of the cost of capital improvements by direct budgetary\nappropriation in any fiscal year or by the issuance of certificates or\nother evidence of indebtedness (except serial bonds of an issue…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S12 Further limitations on local powers of taxation and indebtedness
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§ 12. It shall be the duty of the legislature, subject to the\nprovisions of this constitution, to restrict the power of taxation,\nassessment, borrowing money, contracting indebtedness, and loaning the\ncredit of counties, cities, towns and villages, so as to prevent abuses\nin…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S2 Restrictions on indebtedness of local subdivisions; contracting and payment of local indebtedness; exceptions
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§ 2. No county, city, town, village or school district shall contract\nany indebtedness except for county, city, town, village or school\ndistrict purposes, respectively. No indebtedness shall be contracted for\nlonger than the period of probable usefulness of the object or purp…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S2-A Local indebtedness for water supply, sewage disposal and drainage facilities and purposes; allocations and exclusions of indebtedness
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§ 2-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this article,\nthe legislature by general or special law and subject to such conditions\nas it shall impose:\n A. May authorize any county, city, town or village or any county or\ntown on behalf of an improvement district t…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S3 Restrictions on creation and indebtedness of certain corporations
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§ 3. No municipal or other corporation (other than a county, city,\ntown, village, school district or fire district, or a river improvement,\nriver regulating, or drainage district, established by or under the\nsupervision of the department of conservation) possessing the power …
N.Y. Constitution § A8S4 Limitations on local indebtedness
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§ 4. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no county,\ncity, town or village described in this section shall be allowed to\ncontract indebtedness for any purpose or in any manner which, including\nexisting indebtedness, shall exceed an amount equal to the following\…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S5 Ascertainment of debt-incurring power of counties, cities, towns and villages; certain indebtedness to be excluded
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§ 5. In ascertaining the power of a county, city, town or village to\ncontract indebtedness, there shall be excluded:\n A. Certificates or other evidences of indebtedness (except serial\nbonds of an issue having a maximum maturity of more than two years)\nissued for purposes oth…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S6 Debt-incurring power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
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§ 6. In ascertaining the power of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester and\nSyracuse to contract indebtedness, in addition to the indebtedness\nexcluded by section 5 of this article, there shall be excluded:\n Indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of ten million\ndolla…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S7 Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
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§ 7. In ascertaining the power of the city of New York to contract\nindebtedness, in addition to the indebtedness excluded by section five\nof this article, there shall be excluded:\n A. Indebtedness contracted prior to the first day of January, nineteen\nhundred ten, for dock p…
N.Y. Constitution § A8S7-A Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain indebtedness for railroads and transit purposes to be excluded
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§ 7-a. In ascertaining the power of the city of New York to contract\nindebtedness, in addition to the indebtedness excluded under any other\nsection of this constitution, there shall be excluded:\n A. The aggregate of indebtedness initially contracted from time to\ntime by the …
N.Y. Constitution § A8S8 Indebtedness not to be invalidated by operation of this article
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§ 8. No indebtedness of a county, city, town, village or school\ndistrict valid at the time of its inception shall thereafter become\ninvalid by reason of the operation of any of the provisions of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A8S9 When debt-incurring power of certain counties shall cease
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§ 9. Whenever the boundaries of any city are the same as those of a\ncounty, or when any city includes within its boundaries more than one\ncounty, the power of any county wholly included within such city to\ncontract indebtedness shall cease, but the indebtedness of such county…
N.Y. Constitution § A9S1 Bill of rights for local governments
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ARTICLE IX\n Local Governments\n Bill of rights for local governments.\n Section 1. Effective local self-government and intergovernmental\ncooperation are purposes of the people of the state. In furtherance\nthereof, local governments shall have the following rights, powers,\npr…
N.Y. Constitution § A9S2 Powers and duties of legislature; home rule powers of local governments; statute of local governments
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Powers and duties of legislature; home rule powers of local\ngovernments; statute of local governments.\n § 2. (a) The legislature shall provide for the creation and\norganization of local governments in such manner as shall secure to them\nthe rights, powers, privileges and imm…