Ballot Questions
1927
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VIII.10, VIII.10-a - to address debt limitations of cities and counties re real estate, transportation, and taxation
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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54.59% |
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961,632 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
45.41% |
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799,867 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,761,499 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
VIII.10 proposed for 1928
Article VIII: Corporations and Charities • Section 10: Limitation of indebtedness of counties, cities, towns and villages; exception as to city of New York.
No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any…
Read moreVIII.10-a proposed for 1928
Article VIII: Corporations and Charities • Section 10-a: New York City may contract debts for rapid transit railroads.
Notwithstanding any of the limitations prescribed by the preceding section, debts may be incurred by the city of New York after January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, for the construction or equipment, or both, of new rapid transit railroads not exceeding the sum of three hundred million dollars, and such debts shall not be included in computing the debt limit…
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