{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-9","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Const. art. III, § 9","heading":"Powers of each house","body":"§ 9. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do\nbusiness.  Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings,\nand be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own\nmembers; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a\ntemporary president and the assembly shall choose a speaker.","path":["Constitution","Article III. Legislature"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CNS/A3S9","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"529c40f1e2c04e5656316b336772ac86323d630d9fa0f2b8eec7a4a18bcad0cd","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-8","next":"us-ny/n.y.-const.-art.-iii-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}