N.Y. Const. art. VIII, § 6: Debt-incurring power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded

§ 6. In ascertaining the power of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester and

Syracuse to contract indebtedness, in addition to the indebtedness

excluded by section 5 of this article, there shall be excluded:

Indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of ten million

dollars, heretofore or hereafter contracted by the city of Buffalo or

the city of Rochester and indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate

the sum of five million dollars heretofore or hereafter contracted by

the city of Syracuse for so much of the cost and expense of any public

improvement as may be required by the ordinance or other local law

therein assessing the same to be raised by assessment upon local

property or territory.