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- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 7 · Members; qualifications; not to receive certain civil appointments; acceptance to vacate seat
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 8 · Time of elections of members
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 9 · Powers of each house
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 10 · Journals; open sessions; adjournments
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 11 · Members not to be questioned for speeches
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 12 · Bills may originate in either house; may be amended by the other
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 13 · Enacting clause of bills; no law to be enacted except by bill
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 14 · Manner of passing bills; message of necessity for immediate vote
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 15 · Private or local bills to embrace only one subject to be expressed in title
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 16 · Existing law not to be made applicable by reference
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 17 · Cases in which private or local bills shall not be passed
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 18 · Extraordinary sessions of the legislature; power to convene on legislative initiative
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 19 · Private claims not to be audited by legislature; claims barred by lapse of time
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 20 · Two-thirds bills
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 21 · Certain sections not to apply to bills recommended by certain commissioners or public agencies
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 22 · Tax laws to state tax and object distinctly; exception
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 23 · When yeas and nays necessary; three-fifths to constitute quorum
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 24 · Prison labor; contract system abolished
- N.Y. Const. art. III, § 25 · Continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 1 · Executive power; election and terms of governor and lieutenant-governor
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 2 · Qualifications of governor and lieutenant-governor
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 3 · Powers and duties of governor; compensation
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 4 · Reprieves, commutations and pardons; powers and duties of governor relating to grants of
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 5 · When lieutenant-governor to act as governor
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 6 · Qualifications, duties and compensation of lieutenant-governor; succession to the governorship
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 7 · Action by governor on legislative bills; reconsideration after veto
- N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 8 · Departmental rules and regulations; filing; publication
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 1 · Comptroller and attorney-general, election, qualifications and duties; payment of state moneys without audit void
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 2 · Civil departments in state government
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 3 · Assignment of functions; number of departments may be reduced
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 4 · Department heads
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 6 · Civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' preferences and credits
- N.Y. Const. art. V, § 7 · Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished nor impaired
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 1 · Unified court system for state established; organization; courts of record; service and execution of process
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 2 · 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
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 3 · Court of appeals; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 4 · Judicial departments; appellate divisions of supreme court and justices thereof; temporary designation of additional justices; transfer of appeals; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 5 · Appeals from judgment or order; power of appellate court; transfer of appeals taken to unauthorized appellate court
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 6 · Judicial districts; composition; supreme court continued; justices of supreme court
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 7 · Jurisdiction of supreme court; new classes of actions
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 8 · Appellate terms of supreme court; composition and jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 9 · Court of claims continued; judges; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 10 · County court continued; judges
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 11 · County court; jurisdiction; separate divisions
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 12 · Surrogate's court continued; judges; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 13 · Family court established; composition; election and appointment of judges; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 14 · Combination of certain judicial offices
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 15 · New York city; city-wide courts established; merger; judges; jurisdiction
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 16 · District courts; establishment; jurisdiction; judges; Nassau county district court continued
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 17 · Town, village and city courts; jurisdiction; regulation; judges
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 18 · Trial by jury; trial without a jury; claims against the state
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 19 · Transfer of actions and proceedings
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 20 · Judicial office, qualifications and restrictions
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 21 · Vacancies; how filled
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 22 · Commission on judicial conduct; membership; organization and procedure; review by court of appeals; discipline of judges
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 23 · Removal of certain judges and justices, by legislature; by senate on recommendation of governor
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 24 · Court for the trial of impeachments
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 25 · Compensation and retirement of certain judges and justices
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 26 · Temporary assignments of justices or judges to other courts
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 27 · Supreme court; extraordinary terms
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 28 · Administrative supervision of the courts
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 29 · Allocation of cost of maintenance and operation of courts; determination of annual financial needs of the courts
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 30 · Regulation of jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the courts
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 31 · Peacemakers and other Indian courts continued
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 32 · Safeguarding religion of children under jurisdiction of court
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 33 · Existing laws to continue in force; legislature to implement article
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 34 · Determination of pending appeals, actions and proceedings; terms of judges and justices now in office
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 35 · Abolition of certain courts; disposal of records; transfer of judges, justices, court personnel and pending actions and proceedings
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 36 · Disposal of appeals, actions and proceedings
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 36-a · Effective date of certain amendments to articles VI and VII
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 36-c · Effective date of certain amendments to article VI, sec. 22
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 37 · Effective date of article
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 1 · Estimates by departments, the legislature and the judiciary of needed appropriations; hearings
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 2 · Executive budget
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 3 · Budget bills; appearances before legislature
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 4 · Action on budget bills by legislature; effect thereof
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 5 · Restrictions on consideration of other appropriations
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 6 · Restrictions on content of appropriation bills
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 7 · Appropriation bills
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 8 · Gift or loan of state credit or money prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 9 · Short term state debts in anticipation of taxes, revenues and proceeds of sale of authorized bonds
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 10 · State debts on account of invasion, insurrection, war and forest fires
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 11 · State debts generally; manner of contracting; referendum
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 12 · State debts generally; how paid; restrictions on use of bond proceeds
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 13 · Refund of state debts
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 14 · State debt for elimination of railroad crossings at grade; expenses; how borne; construction and reconstruction of state highways and parkways
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 15 · Sinking funds; how kept and invested; income therefrom and application thereof
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 16 · Payment of state debts; when comptroller to pay without appropriation
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 17 · Authorizing the legislature to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue stabilization reserves; regulating payments thereto and withdrawals therefrom
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 18 · Bonus on account of service of certain veterans in world war II
- N.Y. Const. art. VII, § 19 · State debt for expansion of state university
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 1 · Gift or loan or credit of local subdivisions prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 2 · Restrictions on indebtedness of local subdivisions; contracting and payment of local indebtedness; exceptions
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 2-a · Local indebtedness for water supply, sewage disposal and drainage facilities and purposes; allocations and exclusions of indebtedness
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 3 · Restrictions on creation and indebtedness of certain corporations
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 4 · Limitations on local indebtedness
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 5 · Ascertainment of debt-incurring power of counties, cities, towns and villages; certain indebtedness to be excluded
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 6 · Debt-incurring power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 7 · Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded
- N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 7-a · Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain indebtedness for railroads and transit purposes to be excluded