Provisions
III.3 of 1895 • State divided into thirty-two senatorial districts — Boundaries thereof — Board of supervisors of the city of New York to divide the county into four Senate districts — Certificate, etc., to be filed.
APPROVED
The Text
The State shall be divided into fifty districts, to be called senate districts, each of which shall choose one senator. The districts shall be numbered from one to fifty, inclusive.
District number one ( 1 ) shall consist of the counties of Suffolk and Richmond.
District number two (2) shall consist of the county of Queens.
District number three (3) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth wards of the city of Brooklyn.
District number four (4) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the seventh, thirteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first wards of the city of Brooklyn.
District number five (5) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the eighth, tenth, twelfth, and thirtieth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the ward of the city of Brooklyn which was formerly the town of Gravesend.
District number six (6) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the ninth, eleventh, twentieth, and twenty-second wards of the city of Brooklyn.
District number seven (7) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth wards of the city of Brooklyn.
District number eight (8) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-ninth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the town of Flatlands.
District number nine (9) shall consist of that part of the county of Kings comprising the eighteenth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth wards of the city of Brooklyn.
District number ten (10) shall consist of that part of the county of New York within and bounded by a line beginning at Canal street and the Hudson river, and running thence along Canal street, Hudson street, Dominick street, Varick street, Broome street, Sullivan street, Spring street, Broadway, Canal street, the Bowery, Division street, Grand street, and Jackson street, to the East river, and thence around the southern end of Manhattan island, to the place of beginning, and also Governor’s, Bedloe’s, and Ellis islands.
District number eleven (11) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number ten, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of Broadway and Canal street, and running thence along Broadway, Fourth street, the Bowery, and Third avenue, St. Mark’s place, Avenue A, Seventh street, Avenue B, Clinton street, Rivington street, Norfolk street, Division street, Bowery, and Canal street, to the place of beginning.
District number twelve (12) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers ten and eleven, and within and bounded by a line beginning at Jackson street and the East river, and running thence through Jackson street, Grand street. Division street, Norfolk street, Rivington street, Clinton street, Avenue B, Seventh street, Avenue A, St. Mark’s place, Third avenue, East Fourteenth street to the East river, and along the East river, to the place of beginning.
District number thirteen (13) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number ten, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the Hudson river at the foot of Canal street, and running thence along Canal street, Hudson street, Dominick street, Varick street, Broome street, Sullivan street, Spring street, Broadway, Fourth street, the Bowery, and third avenue, Fourteenth street, Sixth avenue, West Fifteenth street, Seventh avenue, West Nineteenth street, Eighth avenue. West Twentieth street, and the Hudson river, to the place of beginning.
District number fourteen (14) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers twelve and thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at East Fourteenth street and the East river, and running thence along East Fourteenth street, Irving place, East Nineteenth street, Third avenue, East Twenty-third street, Lexington avenue, East Fifty-third street, Third avenue, East Fifty-second street, and the East river, to the place of beginning.
District number fifteen (15) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of West Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue, and running thence along Sixth avenue, West Fifteenth street, Seventh avenue, West Fortieth street, Eighth avenue, and the transverse road across Central park at Ninety-seventh street, Fifth avenue, East Ninety-sixth street, Lexington avenue, East Twenty-third street, Third avenue, East Nineteenth street, Irving place, and Fourteenth street, to the place of beginning.
District number sixteen (16) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number thirteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at Seventh avenue and West Nineteenth street, and running thence along West Nineteenth street, Eighth avenue, West Twentieth street, the Hudson river, West Forty-sixth street, Tenth avenue, West Forty-third street, Eighth avenue, West Fortieth street, and Seventh avenue, to the place of beginning.
District number seventeen (17) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number sixteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of Eighth avenue and West Forty-third street, and running thence along West Forty-third street, Tenth avenue, West Forty-sixth street, the Hudson river, West Eighty-ninth street, Tenth or Amsterdam avenue, West Eighty-sixth street, Ninth or Columbus avenue, West Eighty-first street, and Eighth avenue, to the place of beginning.
District number eighteen (18) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number fourteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at the junction of East Fifty-second street and the East river, and running thence along East Fifty-second street, Third avenue, East Fifty-third street, Lexington avenue, East Eighty-fourth street, Second avenue, East Eighty-third street, and the East river, to the place of beginning; and also Blackwell’s island.
District number nineteen (19) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of district number seventeen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at West Eighty-ninth street and the Hudson river, and running thence along the Hudson river and Spuyten Duyvil creek around the northern end of Manhattan island; thence southerly along the Harlem river to the north end of Fifth avenue; thence along Fifth avenue, East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, Fourth or Park avenue, East One Hundred and Tenth street, Fifth avenue, the transverse road across Central park at Ninety-seventh street, Eighth avenue, West Eighty-first street, Ninth or Columbus avenue, West Eighty-sixth street, Tenth or Amsterdam avenue and West Eighty-ninth street, to the place of beginning.
District number twenty (20) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers eighteen and fifteen, and within and bounded by a line beginning at East Eighty-third street and the East river, running thence through East Eighty-third street, Second avenue, East Eighty-fourth street, Lexington avenue, East Ninety-sixth street, Fifth avenue, East One Hundred and Tenth street, Fourth or Park avenue, East One Hundred and Nineteenth street to the Harlem river, and along the Harlem and East rivers, to the place of beginning; and also Randall’s island and Ward’s island.
All the above districts in the county of New York bounded upon or along the boundary waters of the county, shall be deemed to extend to the county line.
District number twenty-one (21) shall consist of that part of the county of New York lying north of districts numbers nineteen and twenty, within and bounded by a line beginning at East One Hundred and Nineteenth street and the Harlem river, and running thence along East One Hundred and Nineteenth street, Fourth or Park avenue, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, Fifth avenue and the Harlem river to the place of beginning; and all that part of the county of New York not hereinbefore described.
District number twenty-two (22) shall consist of the county of Westchester.
District number twenty-three (23) shall consist of the counties of Orange and Rockland.
District number twenty-four (24) shall consist of the counties of Dutchess, Columbia, and Putnam.
District number twenty-five (25) shall consist of the counties of Ulster and Greene.
District number twenty-six (26) shall consist of the counties of Delaware, Chenango, and Sullivan.
District number twenty-seven (27) shall consist of the counties of Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton, and Schoharie.
District number twenty-eight (28) shall consist of the counties of Saratoga, Schenectady, and Washington.
District number twenty-nine (29) shall consist of the county of Albany.
District number thirty (30) shall consist of the county of Rensselaer.
District number thirty-one (31) shall consist of the counties of Clinton, Essex, and Warren.
District number thirty-two (32) shall consist of the counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin.
District number thirty-three (33) shall consist of the counties of Otsego and Herkimer.
District number thirty-four (34) shall consist of the county of Oneida.
District number thirty-five (35) shall consist of the counties of Jefferson and Lewis.
District number thirty-six (36) shall consist of the county of Onondaga.
District number thirty-seven (37) shall consist of the counties of Oswego and Madison.
District number thirty-eight (38) shall consist of the counties of Broome, Cortland, and Tioga.
District number thirty-nine (39) shall consist of the counties of Cayuga and Seneca.
District number forty (40) shall consist of the counties of Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler.
District number forty-one (41) shall consist of the counties of Steuben and Yates.
District number forty-two (42) shall consist of the counties of Ontario and Wayne.
District number forty-three (43) shall consist of that part of the county of Monroe comprising the towns of Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Mendon, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Rush, and Webster, and the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth wards of the city of Rochester, as at present constituted.
District number forty-four (44) shall consist of that part of the county of Monroe comprising the towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Greece, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden, and Wheatland, and the first, second, third, fifth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, fifteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth wards of the city of Rochester, as at present constituted.
District number forty-five (45) shall consist of the counties of Niagara, Genesee, and Orleans.
District number forty-six (46) shall consist of the counties of Allegany, Livingston, and Wyoming.
District number forty-seven (47) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the first, second, third, sixth, fifteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted.
District number forty-eight (48) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and sixteenth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted.
District number forty-nine (49) shall consist of that part of the county of Erie comprising the seventeenth, eighteenth, and twenty-fifth wards of the city of Buffalo, as at present constituted: and all the remainder of the said county of Erie not hereinbefore described.
District number fifty (50) shall consist of the counties of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article III: The Legislature
• Has 1856 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1894
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
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