NEW YORK CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
Art. I §1 | RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND FRANCHISE SECURED; POWER OF LEGISLATURE TO DISPENSE WITH PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES
Notes
3 Except where otherwise indicated, each section hereafter was re-enacted without change by the Constitutional Convention of 1938 and re-adopted by vote of the people November 8, 1938.
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
The power of grand juries to inquire into the wilful misconduct in office of public officers, and to find indictments or to direct the filing of informations in connection with such inquiries, shall never be suspended or impaired by law. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
Art. I §7 | COMPENSATION FOR TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY; PRIVATE ROADS; DRAINAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
(c) Private roads may be opened in the manner to be prescribed by law; but in every case the necessity of the road and the amount of all damage to be sustained by the opening thereof shall be first determined by a jury of freeholders, and such amount, together with the expenses of the proceedings, shall be paid by the person to be benefitted.
(d) The use of property for the drainage of swamp or agricultural lands is declared to be a public use, and general laws may be passed permitting the owners or occupants of swamp or agricultural lands to construct and maintain for the drainage thereof, necessary drains, ditches and dykes upon the lands of others, under proper restrictions, on making just compensation, and such compensation together with the cost of such drainage may be assessed, wholly or partly, against any property benefitted thereby; but no special laws shall be enacted for such purposes.
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
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, any city, town or village within the state may by an approving vote of the majority of the qualified electors in such municipality voting on a proposition therefor submitted at a general or special election authorize, subject to state legislative supervision and control, the conduct of one or both of the following categories of games of chance commonly known as:
(b) games in which prizes are awarded on the basis of a winning number or numbers, color or colors, or symbol or symbols determined by chance from among those previously selected or played, whether determined as the result of the spinning of a wheel, a drawing or otherwise by chance. If authorized, such games shall be subject to the following restrictions, among others which may be prescribed by the legislature:
(2) the entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of such organizations;
(3) no person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game; and
(4) no person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management or operation of any such game. Unless otherwise provided by law, no single prize shall exceed two hundred fifty dollars, nor shall any series of prizes on one occasion aggregate more than one thousand dollars.
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
The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable interception of telephone and telegraph communications shall not be violated, and ex parte orders or warrants shall issue only upon oath or affirmation that there is reasonable ground to believe that evidence of crime may be thus obtained, and identifying the particular means of communication, and particularly describing the person or persons whose communications are to be intercepted and the purpose thereof.
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
No laborer, worker or mechanic, in the employ of a contractor or subcontractor engaged in the performance of any public work, shall be permitted to work more than eight hours in any day or more than five days in any week, except in cases of extraordinary emergency; nor shall he or she be paid less than the rate of wages prevailing in the same trade or occupation in the locality within the state where such public work is to be situated, erected or used.
Employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
Art. I §18 | WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
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