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N.Y. Constitution § A10S1 Corporations; formation of
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ARTICLE X Corporations Section 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. …
N.Y. Constitution § A10S2 Dues of corporations
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§ 2. Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators and other means as may be prescribed by law.
N.Y. Constitution § A10S3 Savings bank charters; restrictions on trustees; special charters not to be granted
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§ 3. The legislature shall, by general law, conform all charters of savings banks, savings and loan associations, or institutions for savings, to a uniformity of powers, rights and liabilities, and all charters hereafter granted for such corporations shall be made to conform to …
N.Y. Constitution § A10S4 Corporations; definition; right to sue and be sued
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§ 4. The term corporations as used in this section and in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all cor…
N.Y. Constitution § A10S5 Public corporations; restrictions on creation and powers; accounts; obligations 6. Liability of state for payment of bonds of public corporation to construct state thruways; use of state canal lands and properties
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§ 5. No public corporation (other than a county, city, town, village, school district or fire district or an improvement district established in a town or towns) possessing both the power to contract indebtedness and the power to collect rentals, charges, rates or fees for the s…
N.Y. Constitution § A10S6 Liability of state for payment of bonds of public corporation to construct state thruways; use of state canal lands and properties
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§ 6. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution, the legislature may by law, which shall take effect without submission to the people: (a) make or authorize making the state liable for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds of …
N.Y. Constitution § A10S7 Liability of state for payment of obligations of port of New York authority for purchase of railroad passenger equipment
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§ 7. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution, the legislature may by law, which shall take effect without submission to the people, make or authorize making the state liable for the payment of the principal of and interest on obligations o…
N.Y. Constitution § A10S8 Liability of state for payment of obligations of public corporation issued to finance new industrial or manufacturing plants in depressed areas
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§ 8. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution, the legislature may by law, which shall take effect without submission to the people, make or authorize making the state liable for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds of a pu…
N.Y. Constitution § A11S1 Common schools
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ARTICLE XI Education Section 1. The legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated.
N.Y. Constitution § A11S2 Regents of the University
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§ 2. The corporation created in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty-four, under the name of The Regents of the University of the State of New York, is hereby continued under the name of The University of the State of New York. It shall be governed and its corporate powers…
N.Y. Constitution § A11S3 Use of public property or money in aid of denominational schools prohibited; transportation of children authorized
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§ 3. Neither the state nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning w…
N.Y. Constitution § A12S1 Defense of state; organized militia
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ARTICLE XII Defense Section 1. The defense and protection of the state and of the United States is an obligation of all persons within the state. The legislature shall provide for the discharge of this obligation and for the maintenance and regulation of an organized militia. …
N.Y. Constitution § A13S1 Oath of office; no other test for public office
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ARTICLE XIII Public Officers Section 1. Members of the legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as shall be by law exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or a…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S13 Law enforcement and other officers
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§ 13. (a) Except in counties in the city of New York and except as authorized in section one of article nine of this constitution, registers in counties having registers shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties once in every three years and whenever the occurri…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S14 Legislature may regulate wages, hours, etc. of public employees and of persons employed on public contracts
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§ 14. The legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries and the hours of work or labor, and make provisions for the protection, welfare and safety, of persons employed by the state or by any county, city, town, village or other civil division of the state, or by any con…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S2 Duration of term of office
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§ 2. When the duration of any office is not provided by this constitution it may be declared by law, and if not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment.
N.Y. Constitution § A13S3 Vacancies in office; how filled
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§ 3. The legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office, and in case of elective officers, no person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his or her office by virtue of such appointment longer than the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first ann…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S4 Political year and legislative term
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§ 4. The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January; and the legislature shall, every year, assemble on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January.
N.Y. Constitution § A13S5 Removal from office for misconduct
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§ 5. Provision shall be made by law for the removal for misconduct or malversation in office of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not local or legislative and who shall be elected at general elections, and also for supplying vacancies created by such rem…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S6 When office to be deemed vacant; legislature may declare
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§ 6. The legislature may declare the cases in which any office shall be deemed vacant when no provision is made for that purpose in this constitution.
N.Y. Constitution § A13S7 Compensation of officers
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§ 7. Each of the state officers named in this constitution shall, during his or her continuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she shall have been elected or appointed; nor shall h…
N.Y. Constitution § A13S8 Election and term of city and certain county officers
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§ 8. All elections of city officers, including supervisors, elected in any city or part of a city, and of county officers elected in any county wholly included in a city, except to fill vacancies, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in an odd-num…
N.Y. Constitution § A14S1 Forest preserve to be forever kept wild; certain uses and exceptions authorized
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ARTICLE XIV Conservation Section 1. The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or p…
N.Y. Constitution § A14S2 Reservoirs
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§ 2. The legislature may by general laws provide for the use of not exceeding three per centum of such lands for the construction and maintenance of reservoirs for municipal water supply, and for the canals of the state. Such reservoirs shall be constructed, owned and controlled…
N.Y. Constitution § A14S3 Forest and wild life conservation; use or disposition of certain forest preserve lands authorized
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§ 3. 1. Forest and wild life conservation are hereby declared to be policies of the state. For the purpose of carrying out such policies the legislature may appropriate moneys for the acquisition by the state of land, outside of the Adirondack and Catskill parks as now fixed by …
N.Y. Constitution § A14S4 Protection of natural resources and the development of agricultural lands
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§ 4. The policy of the state shall be to conserve and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty and encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural lands for the production of food and other agricultural products. The legislature, in implementing this policy,…
N.Y. Constitution § A14S5 Violations of article; how restrained
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§ 5. A violation of any of the provisions of this article may be restrained at the suit of the people or, with the consent of the supreme court in appellate division, on notice to the attorney-general at the suit of any citizen.
N.Y. Constitution § A14S6 Enacted without section heading
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§ 6. Where state, county, or town highways listed on the local highway inventory maintained by the department of transportation, dedicated and in existence on January first, two thousand fifteen, and annually plowed and regularly maintained, traverse forest preserve land, public…
N.Y. Constitution § A15S1 Disposition of canals and canal properties prohibited
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ARTICLE XV Canals Section 1. The legislature shall not sell, abandon or otherwise dispose of the now existing or future improved barge canal, the divisions of which are the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, and the Cayuga and Seneca canals, or of the terminals c…
N.Y. Constitution § A15S2 Prohibition inapplicable to lands and properties no longer useful; disposition authorized
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§ 2. The prohibition of sale, abandonment or other disposition contained in section one of this article shall not apply to barge canal lands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands which have or may become no longer necessary or useful for canal or terminal purposes…
N.Y. Constitution § A15S3 No tolls to be imposed; contracts for work and materials; no extra compensation
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§ 3. All boats navigating the canals and the owners and masters thereof, shall be subject to such laws and regulations as have been or may hereafter be enacted concerning the navigation of the canals. The legislature shall annually make provision for the expenses of the superint…
N.Y. Constitution § A15S4 Lease or transfer of barge canal to federal government authorized
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§ 4. Notwithstanding the prohibition of sale, abandonment or other disposition contained in section one of this article, the legislature may authorize by law the lease or transfer to the federal government of the barge canal, consisting of the Erie, Oswego, Champlain, Cayuga and…
N.Y. Constitution § A16S1 Power of taxation; exemptions from taxation
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ARTICLE XVI Taxation Section 1. The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away, except as to securities issued for public purposes pursuant to law. Any laws which delegate the taxing power shall specify the types of taxes which may be imposed ther…
N.Y. Constitution § A16S2 Assessments for taxation purposes
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§ 2. The legislature shall provide for the supervision, review and equalization of assessments for purposes of taxation. Assessments shall in no case exceed full value. Nothing in this constitution shall be deemed to prevent the legislature from providing for the assessment, lev…
N.Y. Constitution § A16S3 Situs of intangible personal property; taxation of
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§ 3. Moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property within the state not employed in carrying on any business therein by the owner shall be deemed to be located at the domicile of the owner for purposes of taxation, and, if held in trust, shall not be deemed …
N.Y. Constitution § A16S4 Certain corporations not to be discriminated against
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§ 4. Where the state has power to tax corporations incorporated under the laws of the United States there shall be no discrimination in the rates and method of taxation between such corporations and other corporations exercising substantially similar functions and engaged in sub…
N.Y. Constitution § A16S5 Compensation of public officers and employees subject to taxation
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§ 5. All salaries, wages and other compensation, except pensions, paid\nto officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions and agencies\nshall be subject to taxation.\n
N.Y. Constitution § A16S6 Municipal redevelopment projects; allocation of real property taxes therefor
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§ 6. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution to the contrary, the legislature may by law authorize a county, city, town or village, or combination thereof acting together, to undertake the development of public improvements or services, in…
N.Y. Constitution § A17S1 Public relief and care
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ARTICLE XVII Social Welfare Section 1. The aid, care and support of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state and by such of its subdivisions, and in such manner and by such means, as the legislature may from time to time determine. …
N.Y. Constitution § A17S2 State board of social welfare; powers and duties
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§ 2. The state board of social welfare shall be continued. It shall visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected by members of its staff, all public and private institutions, whether state, county, municipal, incorporated or not incorporated, which are in receipt of p…
N.Y. Constitution § A17S3 Public health
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§ 3. The protection and promotion of the health of the inhabitants of the state are matters of public concern and provision therefor shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions and in such manner, and by such means as the legislature shall from time to time determ…
N.Y. Constitution § A17S4 Care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder or defect; visitation of institutions for
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§ 4. The care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder or defect and the protection of the mental health of the inhabitants of the state may be provided by state and local authorities and in such manner as the legislature may from time to time determine. The head …
N.Y. Constitution § A17S5 Institutions for detention of criminals; probation; parole; state commission of correction
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§ 5. The legislature may provide for the maintenance and support of institutions for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of crime and for systems of probation and parole of persons convicted of crime. There shall be a state commission of correction, which shall vi…
N.Y. Constitution § A17S6 Visitation and inspection
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§ 6. Visitation and inspection as herein authorized, shall not be exclusive of other visitation and inspection now or hereafter authorized by law.
N.Y. Constitution § A17S7 Loan of public funds for hospital facilities
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§ 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution, the legislature may authorize the state, a municipality or a public corporation acting as an instrumentality of the state or municipality to lend its money or credit to or in aid of any corporation or association, re…
N.Y. Constitution § A18S1 Housing and nursing home accommodations for persons of low income; slum clearance
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ARTICLE XVIII Housing Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this article, the legislature may provide in such manner, by such means and upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe for low rent housing and nursing home accommodations for persons of low income as defined …
N.Y. Constitution § A18S10 Power of legislature; construction of article
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§ 10. The legislature is empowered to make all laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. This article shall be construed as extending powers which otherwise might be limited by other articles of this constitution and shall no…
N.Y. Constitution § A18S2 Idem; powers of legislature in aid of
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§ 2. For and in aid of such purposes, notwithstanding any provision in any other article of this constitution, but subject to the limitations contained in this article, the legislature may: make or contract to make or authorize to be made or contracted capital or periodic subsid…
N.Y. Constitution § A18S3 Article VII to apply to state debts under this article, with certain exceptions; amortization of state debts; capital and periodic subsidies
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§ 3. The provisions of article VII, not inconsistent with this article, relating to debts of the state shall apply to all debts contracted by the state for the purpose of providing moneys out of which to make loans pursuant to this article, except (a) that any law or laws author…
N.Y. Constitution § A18S4 Powers of cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness in aid of low rent housing and slum clearance projects; restrictions thereon
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§ 4. To effectuate any of the purposes of this article, the legislature may authorize any city, town or village to contract indebtedness to an amount which shall not exceed two per centum of the average assessed valuation of the real estate of such city, town or village subject …