4 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017 THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION NYPEOPLESCONVENTION.ORG
ROAD TO A CONVENTION
August, 1821 - January, 1822
May, 1894 - November, 1894
Delegates propose extensive overhaul of New York's Constitution.
Voters approve a host of reforms such as a merit-based civil service
system, a ban on state aid to religious schools, new regulations on
the election process, and the "Forever Wild" provision protecting
state-owned forest lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Much of
New York's current Constitution was written at this Convention.
June, 1846 - November, 1846
June, 1867 - February, 1868
More than 225
amendments
have been added
to the New York State
Constitution since 1895
July, 1776 - April, 1777
New York's first Constitutional
Convention begins in White Plains.
Delegates meet in secret to avoid attack
and capture by British troops.
Constitution is approved in Kingston, NY.
October, 1801
Another Constitutional Convention
is held creating a mechanism to
amend the Constitutionand
granting voters the final say over
all constitutional amendments.
A Convention
proposes a new
Judiciary Article and
free schooling. Voters
reject this new
Constitution, but
some proposals are
later adopted.
New York's only "limited"
Constitutional Convention
is held to address the
increasing size of
Legislature.
The fourth Constitutional Convention is held in Albany,
and voters overwhelmingly approve the Constitution,
which includes a mandate that voters be asked every
20 years the question, "Shall there be a Convention to
revise the Constitution and amend the same?"
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