State Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is the latest state leader opposing a push for a convention to
make changes to the state constitution.
Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey is taking the head of the Bronx Republican party to task for joining a coalition of more than 100 groups opposing a convention to
make changes to the state constitution.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to holding a constitutional convention, calling it the wrong «vehicle» to
making changes to the state constitution.
Fearful the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn federal abortion protections, a New York group that came together as part of the Women's March on Washington is urging Gov. Cuomo to support a convention to
make changes to the state constitution.
Not exact matches
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has highlighted that a
change in
constitution to make Nepal solely a Hindu
state could pave the way for more persecution against Christians and other minorities in the country, and said it advocated a new wording which enshrines religious freedom.
It gives New Yorkers a chance
to reexamine how our
state works, and
to make improvements and
changes to the
state constitution.
ALBANY - The
state's chief judge named her husband as a co-chairman of a panel she created
to recommend
changes to the
state constitution to make the courts more efficient.
Cuomo
to reporters in Rochester insisted he was acting within the purview of the
state's
constitution and added that Heastie could
make a constitutional
change if he was so unhappy with the process.
The
state's chief judge, Janet DiFiore, named her husband as a co-chairman of a panel she created
to recommend
changes to the
state constitution to make the courts more efficient.
By
changing New York's definition of marriage, the
state legislature essentially
made an illegal amendment
to the
state constitution without the required statewide referendum.
While campaigning in 2010, he said he favored a convention «
to rewrite the
Constitution» and
make changes to «clean up Albany» immediately «because we can not wait any longer for the
state legislature
to act.»
The new coalition points
to a number of potential
changes to the
constitution that they would like
to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms
to make it easier
to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities
to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need
state authority
to manage.
It would also amend the
state constitution to require lawmakers convicted of corruption charges
to surrender their pensions,
make changes to the per diem system, and create a commission
to examine the possibility of a pay increase for
state commissioners and lawmakers.
A referendum will appear on the ballot this November, asking New Yorkers if the
state should convene a constitutional convention, which would
make recommendations for potential
changes to the
state constitution.
Reed: The initiative would put language into the California
Constitution that does two things: protects the benefits public employees have earned, as they're earned; and, two, allow elected officials around the
state — the cities being the most important
to me, but the
state of California as well —
to negotiate
changes to bring down the costs of retirement benefits by
making changes to benefits that would be earned in the future under future contracts for future years of service.