Ballot Questions
1938
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add XVIII.1, XVIII.2, XVIII.3, XVIII.4, XVIII.5, XVIII.6, XVIII.7, XVIII.8, XVIII.9, XVIII.10
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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64.30% |
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1,686,056 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
35.70% |
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936,279 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,622,335 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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XVIII.1 proposed for 1939
Article XVIII: Housing • Section 1: Housing for persons of low income; slum clearance.
Subject to the provisions of this article, the legislature may provide in such manner, by such means and upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe for low rent housing for persons of low income as defined by law, or for the clearance, replanning, reconstruction and rehabilitation of substandard and insanitary areas, or for both such purposes, and for…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 2: Idem; powers of legislature in aid of.
For and in aid of such purposes, notwithstanding any provision in any other article of this constitution, but subject to the limitations contained in this article, the legislature may: make or contract to make or authorize to be made or contracted capital or periodic subsidies by the state to any city, town, village, or public corporation, payable only with moneys…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 3: Article VII to apply to state debts under this article, with certain exceptions; capital and periodic subsidies.
The provisions of article VII, not inconsistent with this article, relating to debts of the state shall apply to all debts contracted by the state for the purpose of providing moneys out of which to make loans pursuant to this article, except (a) that any law or laws authorizing the contracting of such debt, not exceeding in the aggregate three…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 4: Powers of cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness in aid of low rent housing and slum clearance projects; restrictions thereon.
To effectuate any of the purposes of this article, the legislature may authorize any city, town or village to contract indebtedness to an amount which shall not exceed two per centum of the average assessed valuation of the real estate of such city, town or village subject to taxation, as determined by the last completed assessment roll and the four…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 5: Liability for certain loans made by the state to certain public corporations.
Any city, town or village shall be liable for the repayment of any loans and interest thereon made by the state to any public corporation, acting as an instrumentality of such city, town or village. Such liability of a city shall be excluded in ascertaining the power of such city to become indebted pursuant to the provisions of this article,…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 6: Loans and subsidies; restrictions on and preference in occupancy of projects.
No loan, or subsidy shall be made by the state to aid any project unless such project is in conformity with a plan or undertaking for the clearance, replanning and reconstruction or rehabilitation of a substandard and insanitary area or areas and for recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto. The legislature may provide additional conditions to the making…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 7: Liability arising from guarantees to be deemed indebtedness; method of computing.
The liability arising from any guarantee of the principal of and interest on indebtedness contracted by a public corporation shall be deemed indebtedness in the amount of the face value of the principal thereof remaining unpaid. The liability arising from any guarantee of only the interest on indebtedness contracted by a public corporation shall be deemed indebtedness in the amount…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 8: Excess condemnation.
Any agency of the state, or any city, town, village, or public corporation, which is empowered by law to take private property by eminent domain for any of the public purposes specified in section one of this article, may be empowered by the legislature to take property necessary for any such purpose but in excess of that required for public…
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 9: Acquisition of property for purposes of article.
Subject to any limitation imposed by the legislature, the state, or any city, town, village or public corporation, may acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise, such property as it may deem ultimately necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this article, or any of them, although temporarily not required for such purposes.
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Article XVIII: Housing • Section 10: Power of legislature; construction of article.
The legislature is empowered to make all laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. This article shall be construed as extending powers which otherwise might be limited by other articles of this constitution and shall not be construed as imposing additional limitations; but nothing in this article contained shall be deemed to…
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