Article I: Bill of Rights
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article I (Bill of Rights) |
| Art. I §1 | Rights, Privileges and Franchise Secured; Power of Legislature to Dispense with Primary Elections in Certain Cases |
| Art. I §2 | Trial by Jury; How Waived |
| Art. I §3 | Freedom of Worship; Religious Liberty |
| Art. I §4 | Habeas Corpus |
| Art. I §5 | Bail; Fines; Punishments; Detention of Witnesses |
| Art. I §6 | Grand Jury; Protection of Certain Enumerated Rights; Duty of Public Officers to Sign Waiver of Immunity and Give Testimony; Penalty for Refusal |
| Art. I §7 | Compensation for Taking Private Property; Private Roads; Drainage of Agricultural Lands |
| Art. I §8 | Freedom of Speech and Press; Criminal Prosecutions for Libel |
| Art. I §9 | Right to Assemble and Petition; Divorce; Lotteries; Pool-Selling and Gambling; Laws to Prevent; Pari-Mutuel Betting on Horse Races Permitted; Games of Chance, Bingo or Lotto Authorized Under Certain Restrictions |
| Art. I §10 | [Repealed] |
| Art. I §11 | Equal Protection of Laws; Discrimination in Civil Rights Prohibited |
| Art. I §12 | Security Against Unreasonable Searches, Seizures and Interceptions |
| Art. I §13 | [Repealed] |
| Art. I §14 | Common Law and Acts of the Colonial and State Legislatures |
| Art. I §15 | [Repealed] |
| Art. I §16 | Damages for Injuries Causing Death |
| Art. I §17 | Labor Not A Commodity; Hours and Wages in Public Work; Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively |
| Art. I §18 | Workers’ Compensation |
Article III: Legislature
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article III (Legislature) |
| Art. III §1 | Legislative Power |
| Art. III §2 | Number and Terms of Senators and Assemblymen |
| Art. III §3 | Senate Districts |
| Art. III §4 | Readjustments and Reapportionments; When Federal Census to Control |
| Art. III §5 | Apportionment of Assemblymen; Creation of Assembly Districts |
| Art. III §5a | Definition of Inhabitants |
| Art. III §5b | Independent Redistricting Commission |
| Art. III §6 | Compensation, Allowances and Traveling Expenses of Members |
| Art. III §7 | Qualifications of Members; Prohibitions on Certain Civil Appointments; Acceptance to Vacate Seat |
| Art. III §8 | Time of Elections of Members |
| Art. III §9 | Powers of Each House |
| Art. III §10 | Journals; Open Sessions; Adjournments |
| Art. III §11 | Members Not to be Questioned for Speeches |
| Art. III §12 | Bills May Originate in Either House; May be Amended by the Other |
| Art. III §13 | Enacting Clause of Bills; No Law to be Enacted Except by Bill |
| Art. III §14 | Manner of Passing Bills; Message of Necessity for Immediate Vote |
| Art. III §15 | Private or Local Bills to Embrace Only One Subject, Expressed in Title |
| Art. III §16 | Existing Law Not to be Made Applicable by Reference |
| Art. III §17 | Cases in Which Private or Local Bills Shall Not be Passed |
| Art. III §18 | Extraordinary Sessions of the Legislature; Power to Convene on Legislative Initiative |
| Art. III §19 | Private Claims Not to be Audited by Legislature; Claims Barred by Lapse of Time |
| Art. III §20 | Two-Thirds Bills |
| Art. III §21 | Certain Sections Not to Apply to Bills Recommended by Certain Commissioners or Public Agencies |
| Art. III §22 | Tax Laws to State Tax and Object Distinctly; Definition of Income for Income Tax Purposes by Reference to Federal Laws Authorized |
| Art. III §23 | When Yeas and Nays Necessary; Three-Fifths to Constitute Quorum |
| Art. III §24 | Prison Labor; Contract System Abolished |
| Art. III §25 | Emergency Governmental Operations; Legislature to Provide For |
Article VI: Judiciary
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article VI (Judiciary) |
| Art. VI §1 | Unified Court System; Organization; Process |
| Art. VI §2 | Court of Appeals; Organization; Designations; Vacancies, How Filled; Commission on Judicial Nomination |
| Art. VI §3 | Court of Appeals; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §4 | Judicial Departments; Appellate Divisions, How Constituted; Governor to Designate Justices; Temporary Assignments; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §5 | Appeals from Judgment or Order; New Trial |
| Art. VI §6 | Judicial Districts; How Constituted; Supreme Court |
| Art. VI §7 | Supreme Court; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §8 | Appellate Terms; Composition; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §9 | Court of Claims; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §10 | County Courts; Judges |
| Art. VI §11 | County Court; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §12 | Surrogate’s Courts; Judges; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §13 | Family Court; Organization; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §14 | Discharge of Duties of More Than One Judicial Office by Same Judicial Officer |
| Art. VI §15 | New York City; City-Wide Courts; Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §16 | District Courts; Jurisdiction; Judges |
| Art. VI §17 | Town, Village and City Courts; Jurisdiction; Judges |
| Art. VI §18 | Trial by Jury; Trial Without Jury; Claims Against State |
| Art. VI §19 | Transfer of Actions and Proceedings |
| Art. VI §20 | Judges and Justices; Qualifications; Eligibility for Other Office or Service; Restrictions |
| Art. VI §21 | Vacancies; How Filled |
| Art. VI §22 | Commission on Judicial Conduct; Composition; Organization and Procedure; Review by Court of Appeals; Discipline of Judges or Justices |
| Art. VI §23 | Removal of Judges |
| Art. VI §24 | Court for Trial of Impeachments; Judgment |
| Art. VI §25 | Judges and Justices; Compensation; Retirement |
| Art. VI §26 | Temporary Assignments of Judges and Justices |
| Art. VI §27 | Supreme Court; Extraordinary Terms |
| Art. VI §28 | Administrative Supervision of Court System |
| Art. VI §29 | Expenses of Courts |
| Art. VI §30 | Legislative Power Over Jurisdiction and Proceedings; Delegation of Power to Regulate Practice and Procedure |
| Art. VI §31 | Inapplicability of Article to Certain Courts |
| Art. VI §32 | Custodians of Children to be of Same Religious Persuasion |
| Art. VI §33 | Existing Laws; Duty of Legislature to Implement Article |
| Art. VI §34 | Pending Appeals, Actions and Proceedings; Preservation of Existing Terms of Office of Judges and Justices |
| Art. VI §35 | Certain Courts Abolished; Transfer of Judges, Court Personnel, and Actions and Proceedings to Other Courts |
| Art. VI §36 | Pending Civil and Criminal Cases |
| Art. VI §36a | Effective Date of Certain Amendments to Articles Vi and Vii |
| Art. VI §36b | [No Section] |
| Art. VI §36c | Effective Date of Certain Amendments to Article Vi, Section 22 |
| Art. VI §37 | Effective Date of Article |
Article VII: State Finances
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article VII (State Finances) |
| Art. VII §1 | Estimates by Departments, the Legislature and the Judiciary of Needed Appropriations; Hearings. |
| Art. VII §2 | Executive Budget |
| Art. VII §3 | Budget Bills; Appearances Before Legislature |
| Art. VII §4 | Action on Budget Bills by Legislature; Effect Thereof |
| Art. VII §5 | Restrictions on Consideration of Other Appropriations |
| Art. VII §6 | Restrictions on Content of Appropriation Bills |
| Art. VII §7 | Appropriation Bills |
| Art. VII §8 | Gift or Loan of State Credit or Money Prohibited; Exceptions for Enumerated Purposes |
| Art. VII §9 | Short Term State Debts in Anticipation of Taxes, Revenues and Proceeds of Sale of Authorized Bonds |
| Art. VII §10 | State Debts on Account of Invasion, Insurrection, War and Forest Fires |
| Art. VII §11 | State Debts Generally; Manner of Contracting; Referendum |
| Art. VII §12 | State Debts Generally; How Paid; Contribution to Sinking Funds; Restrictions on Use of Bond Proceeds |
| Art. VII §13 | Refund of State Debts |
| Art. VII §14 | State Debt for Elimination of Railroad Crossings at Grade; Expenses; How Borne; Construction and Reconstruction of State Highways and Parkways |
| Art. VII §15 | Sinking Funds; How Kept and Invested; Income Therefrom and Application Thereof |
| Art. VII §16 | Payment of State Debts; When Comptroller to Pay Without Appropriation |
| Art. VII §17 | Authorizing the Legislature to Establish A Fund or Funds for Tax Revenue Stabilization Reserves; Regulating Payments Thereto and Withdrawals Therefrom |
| Art. VII §18 | Bonus on Account of Service of Certain Veterans in World War Ii |
| Art. VII §19 | State Debt for Expansion of State University |
Article VIII: Local Finances
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article VIII (Local Finances) |
| Art. VIII §1 | Gift or Loan of Property or Credit of Local Subdivisions Prohibited; Exceptions for Enumerated Purposes |
| Art. VIII §2 | Restrictions on Indebtedness of Local Subdivisions; Contracting and Payment of Local Indebtedness; Exceptions |
| Art. VIII §2a | Local Indebtedness for Water Supply, Sewage and Drainage Facilities and Purposes; Allocations and Exclusions of Indebtedness |
| Art. VIII §3 | Restrictions on Creation and Indebtedness of Certain Corporations |
| Art. VIII §4 | Limitations on Local Indebtedness |
| Art. VIII §5 | Ascertainment of Debt-Incurring Power of Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages; Certain Indebtedness to be Excluded |
| Art. VIII §6 | Debt-Incurring Power of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; Certain Additional Indebtedness to be Excluded |
| Art. VIII §7 | Debt-Incurring Power of New York City; Certain Additional Indebtedness to be Excluded |
| Art. VIII §7a | Debt-Incurring Power of New York City; Certain Indebtedness for Railroads and Transit Purposes to be Excluded |
| Art. VIII §8 | Indebtedness Not to be Invalidated by Operation of This Article |
| Art. VIII §9 | When Debt-Incurring Power of Certain Counties Shall Cease |
| Art. VIII §10 | Limitations on Amount to be Raised by Real Estate Taxes for Local Purposes; Exceptions |
| Art. VIII §10a | Application and Use of Revenues: Certain Public Improvements |
| Art. VIII §11 | Taxes for Certain Capital Expenditures to be Excluded from Tax Limitation |
| Art. VIII §12 | Powers of Local Governments to be Restricted; Further Limitations on Contracting Local Indebtedness Authorized |
Article XIII: Public Officers
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article XIII (Public Officers) |
| Art. XIII §1 | Oath of Office; No Other Test for Public Office |
| Art. XIII §2 | Duration of Term of Office |
| Art. XIII §3 | Vacancies in Office; How Filled; Boards of Education |
| Art. XIII §4 | Political Year and Legislative Term |
| Art. XIII §5 | Removal from Office for Misconduct |
| Art. XIII §6 | When Office to be Deemed Vacant; Legislature May Declare |
| Art. XIII §7 | Compensation of Officers |
| Art. XIII §8 | Election and Term of City and Certain County Officers |
| Art. XIII §9 | [No Sections 9-12; Former 9-12 Renumbered 4-7] |
| Art. XIII §10 | [No Sections 9-12; Former 9-12 Renumbered 4-7] |
| Art. XIII §11 | [No Sections 9-12; Former 9-12 Renumbered 4-7] |
| Art. XIII §12 | [No Sections 9-12; Former 9-12 Renumbered 4-7] |
| Art. XIII §13 | Law Enforcement and Other Officers |
| Art. XIII §14 | Employees Of, and Contractors For, the State and Local Governments; Wages, Hours and Other Provisions to be Regulated by Legislature |
Article XVIII: Housing
| Passage | Title |
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| Entire Article | Article XVIII (Housing) |
| Art. XVIII §1 | Housing and Nursing Home Accommodations for Persons of Low Income; Slum Clearance |
| Art. XVIII §2 | Idem; Powers of Legislature in Aid Of |
| Art. XVIII §3 | Article Vii to Apply to State Debts Under This Article, with Certain Exceptions; Amortization of State Debts; Capital and Periodic Subsidies |
| Art. XVIII §4 | Powers of Cities, Towns and Villages to Contract Indebtedness in Aid of Low Rent Housing and Slum Clearance Projects; Restrictions Thereon |
| Art. XVIII §5 | Liability for Certain Loans Made by the State to Certain Public Corporations |
| Art. XVIII §6 | Loans and Subsidies; Restrictions on and Preference in Occupancy of Projects |
| Art. XVIII §7 | Liability Arising from Guarantees to be Deemed Indebtedness; Method of Computing |
| Art. XVIII §8 | Excess Condemnation |
| Art. XVIII §9 | Acquisition of Property for Purposes of Article |
| Art. XVIII §10 | Power of Legislature; Construction of Article |
