{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-18","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Const. art. III, § 18","heading":"Extraordinary sessions of the legislature; power to convene on legislative initiative","body":"§ 18. The members of the legislature shall be empowered, upon the\npresentation to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of\nthe assembly of a petition signed by two-thirds of the members elected\nto each house of the legislature, to convene the legislature on\nextraordinary occasions to act upon the subjects enumerated in such\npetition.","path":["Constitution","Article III. Legislature"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CNS/A3S18","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"f0a4cdc82fd9f8c16202be2a4170524efff251d1eff6eebbfa0a665619bff58b","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-17","next":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}