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Editor’s Note: \u00a0This page was discontinued in 2016. The various reform proposals are best covered in other parts of this clearinghouse, including op-eds, news items, and organization links. As noted in the original introduction to this page, listing a reform recommendation here should not be construed as an endorsement of its contents.<\/p>\n
Both the New York City Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association are undertaking major efforts to prepare for New York State’s next state constitutional convention referendum. \u00a0Their work is likely to be influential with opinion leaders even if it does not receive extensive\u00a0coverage in the mass media.<\/p>\n
Committee on the New York State Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n Task Force on the New York State Constitutional Convention<\/a><\/p>\n The Best Delegate Election Process for a New York Constitutional Convention<\/a>,<\/a>\u00a0Gotham Gazette<\/em>, November 17, 2016.<\/p>\n “Constitutional Stuff: House Cleaning the New York Constitution-Part I<\/a>.” Alb. L. Rev.<\/i> 77 (2013): 1385.<\/p>\n “Anything goes: a history of New York’s gift and loan clauses<\/a>.” Alb. L. Rev.<\/i> 75 (2011): 2005.<\/p>\n Summary Preamble and article I: \u201cNew Preamble and New Rights Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.2) New York City Bar Association<\/h4>\n
J.H. Snider<\/h3>\n
Peter J. Galie and Christopher Bopst<\/h3>\n
Stephen Kruger, Attorney<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>The purposes of a constitution are (a) to provide the framework of a political society, such as three branches of government and the duration of legislative sessions; and (b) to express fundamental principles, such as \u00a0free speech and freedom of religion.\u00a0The present New York Constitution has hundreds of detailed provisions that\u00a0should be provided for in statutes.<\/p>\n
\nArticle II: \u201cNew Suffrage Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticle III: \u201cNew Legislature Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticle IV: \u201cNew Executive Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticle V: \u201cNew Officers and Civil Departments Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticle VI: \u201cNew Judiciary Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticle IX: \u201cNew Local Governments Article for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.
\nArticles VII-VIII, \u00a0X-XX: \u201cEight New Articles for the New York Constitution<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\nPublic Interest Groups<\/h3>\n