1953

NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,

to change VIII.2, VIII.5, VIII.7, VIII.10.version1, VIII.10-a

as proposed by the NYS Legislature

YES		65.38%
989,741 New Yorkers voted Yes

NO		34.62%
524,193 New Yorkers voted No

1,513,934 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.

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VIII.2 proposed for 1954

Article VIII: Local Finances
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VIII.5 proposed for 1954

Article VIII: Local Finances
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VIII.7 proposed for 1954

Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 7: Debt-incurring power of New York city; certain additional indebtedness to be excluded

In ascertaining the power of the city of New York to contract indebtedness, in addition to the indebtedness excluded by section 5 of this article, there shall be excluded: A. Indebtedness contracted prior to the first day of January, nineteen hundred ten, for dock purposes proportionately to the extent to which the current net revenues received by the city therefrom…
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VIII.10.version1 proposed for 1954

Article VIII: Local Finances
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VIII.10-a proposed for 1954

Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 10-a: Application and use of revenues: certain public improvements

For the purpose of determining the amount of taxes which may be raised on real estate pursuant to section ten of this article, the revenues received in each fiscal year by any county, city or village from a public improvement or part thereof, or service, owned or rendered by such county, city or village for which bonds or capital notes…
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YES