Provisions
Preamble of 1939 • Preamble
APPROVED
The Text
We The People of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our Freedom, in order to secure its blessings, DO ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article Preamble:
• Has 26 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-Preamble
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