Ballot Questions
1957
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change XVIII.5
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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61.66% |
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1,497,237 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
38.34% |
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931,047 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,428,284 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
XVIII.5 proposed for 1958
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, town or village shall be excluded in ascertaining the power of such city, town or village to become indebted pursuant…
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