1951

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

to change VIII.4, VIII.5, VIII.7, VIII.11

as proposed by the NYS Legislature

YES		73.76%
1,297,378 New Yorkers voted Yes

NO		26.24%
461,611 New Yorkers voted No

1,758,989 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.

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VIII.4 proposed for 1952

Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 4: Limitations on local indebtedness

Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no county, city, town, village or school district described in this section shall be allowed to contract indebtedness for any purpose or in any manner which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed an amount equal to the following percentages of the average full valuation of taxable real estate of such county, city, town, village…
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VIII.5 proposed for 1952

Article VIII: Local Finances
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VIII.7 proposed for 1952

Article VIII: Local Finances
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VIII.11 proposed for 1952

Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 11: Taxes for certain capital expenditures to be excluded from tax limitation

(a) Whenever the city of New York is required by law to pay for all or any part of the cost of capital improvements by direct budgetary appropriation in any fiscal year or by the issuance of certificates or other evidence of indebtedness (except serial bonds of an issue having a maximum maturity of more than two years) to be…
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YES