Cover illustration: First New York State Constitution being read by Secretary to the Legislature Robert Benson. (Image courtesy of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.) Cover design by Rita Petithory.
The SUNY Albany Rockefeller Institute, Albany Law School's Government Law Center, has prepared a handy list of 106 Ideas a New York Constitutional convention could consider.
One Hundred and Six Ideas for Constitutional Change: what Commentators, Scholars, Politicians, the Media, and Pundits have suggested might Merit consideration if New York State holds a Constitutional Convention.
Table of Contents and Page Number
Bill of Rights and New Positive Rights - 4
Criminal Justice - 5
Education - 6
Environment - 6
Election Law and Processes - 7
Voter Registration - 7
Impediments to Voting - 7
Reform Primaries, Campaign Finance, and Political-Party Involvement in Electoral - 8
Ethics - 9
Governmental Organization and Processes - 9
Executive Branch - 9
Legislative Branch - 10
Other Statewide Elected Officials - 11
Judiciary - 11
Local Government Issues - 12
Pensions - 13
State Budgeting, Funding, and the Issuance of Debt - 13
General Revisions - 14
Procedural Revisions - 14
CLICK HERE to read the 15 page (pdf) 106 Ideas.
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