List of New York ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in New York.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2025

See also: New York 2025 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Athletics and sports	Authorize the state to use 323 acres of the Mount Van Hoevenberg complex for winter sports facilities and infrastructure, and preserving at least 2,500 acres of forest land in the forest preserve in the Adirondack Park

2024

See also: New York 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	LGBTQ issues; Abortion policy; Race and ethnicity issues; Constitutional rights; Sex and gender issues	Provide that people cannot be denied rights based on their "ethnicity, national origin, age, and disability" or "sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy"	a	4,757,097 (62%)	2,857,663 (38%)

2023

See also: New York 2023 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Debt limits; Public education funding	Remove the debt limitations in the New York Constitution from small city school districts	a	1,504,083 (64%)	833,758 (36%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Utility policy	Exclude indebtedness for the construction or reconstruction of sewage facilities contracted prior to 2034	a	1,582,382 (68%)	744,696 (32%)

2022

See also: New York 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposal 1	Environment; Bond issues	Issue $4.20 billion in bonds for projects related to the environment, natural resources, water infrastructure, and climate change mitigation	a	3,522,141 (68%)	1,686,300 (32%)

2021

See also: New York 2021 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Redistricting policy	Makes changes to the redistricting process in New York	d	1,361,043 (46%)	1,622,195 (54%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Constitutional rights; Environment	Creates a state constitutional right to to clean water, clean air, and a healthful environment	a	2,129,051 (70%)	907,159 (30%)
LRCA	Proposal 3	Voter registration	Removes the 10-day-advance voter registration requirement	d	1,336,327 (44%)	1,721,811 (56%)
LRCA	Proposal 4	Absentee and mail voting	Authorizes the state legislature to pass a statute for no-excuse absentee voting	d	1,370,897 (45%)	1,677,580 (55%)
LRCA	Proposal 5	State judiciary	Increases the New York City Civil Court's jurisdiction over lawsuits involving claims from $25,000 to $50,000.	a	1,874,515 (64%)	1,051,803 (36%)

2017

See also: New York 2017 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Proposal 1	State constitutional conventions	d	594,820 (17%)	2,910,868 (83%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Ethics rules and commissions; Public employee retirement funds	a	2,512,671 (73%)	922,195 (27%)
LRCA	Proposal 3	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	a	1,755,081 (52%)	1,600,167 (48%)

2014

See also: New York 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Redistricting policy	The New York Redistricting Commission Amendment, Proposal 1 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the state of New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure was designed to create a redistricting commission to establish state senate, assembly and congressional districts	a	1,705,903 (58%)	1,252,213 (42%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Open meetings and public information	The New York Electronic Bills Amendment, Proposal 2 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the state of New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure was designed to allow legislative bills to be distributed in an electronically written format rather than as paper copies.	a	2,329,959 (77%)	681,232 (23%)
BI	Proposal 3	Bond issues	The New York Bonds for School Technology Act, Proposal 3 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was approved. The measure authorized the state comptroller to issue and sell bonds up to the amount of $2 billion. The revenue received from the sale of such bonds are, according to the proposal, used for projects related to the following: :* Purchasing educational technology equipment and facilities, such as interactive whiteboards, computer servers, desktop and laptop computers, tablets and high-speed broadband or wireless internet. :* Constructing and modernizing facilities to accommodate pre-kindergarten programs and replacing classroom trailers with permanent instructional space. :* Installing high-tech security features in school buildings.	a	1,921,054 (62%)	1,180,581 (38%)

2013

See also: New York 2013 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Gambling policy	The New York Casino Gambling Amendment, Proposal 1, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.	a	1,579,755 (57%)	1,186,275 (43%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Veterans policy	The New York Civil Service Promotions for Disabled Veterans Amendment, Proposal 2, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was overwhelmingly approved.	a	2,173,484 (84%)	424,858 (16%)
LRCA	Proposal 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The New York Municipal Debt Limit Exemption for Sewage Improvements Amendment, Proposal 3, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.	a	1,497,865 (62%)	907,731 (38%)
LRCA	Proposal 4	Property	The New York Township 40 Land Dispute Settlement Amendment, Proposal 4, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.	a	1,744,371 (73%)	656,371 (27%)
LRCA	Proposal 5	Mineral resources	The New York Land Exchange With NYCO Minerals Amendment, Proposal 5, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.	a	1,276,595 (53%)	1,122,055 (47%)
LRCA	Proposal 6	Age limits for officials	The New York Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment, Proposal 6, was on the November 5, 2013 ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated.	d	1,061,662 (42%)	1,476,646 (58%)

2009

See also: New York 2009 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public land policy; Forestry and timber	Authorize a six‑acre forest preserve land exchange with National Grid to install a 46 kV transmission line in St. Lawrence County.	a	968,505 (67%)	469,666 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Prison work regulations	Authorize inmates to voluntarily work for nonprofit organizations.	a	998,829 (68%)	467,679 (32%)

2008

See also: New York 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public assistance programs; Veterans policy	Eliminate the requirement that disabled veterans receive federal disability payments to qualify for civil service exam credit.	a	1,815,847 (78%)	506,652 (22%)

2007

See also: New York 2007 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Water	Allow the state to convey one acre of forest preserve land to Long Lake for water‐supply wells in exchange for at least twelve acres of equal‐value land to be added to the preserve.	a	825,688 (75%)	281,497 (25%)

2005

See also: New York 2005 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Revise the state budget process by establishing contingency budgets and spending limits, authorizing multi‑appropriation bills and a fiscal stabilization reserve fund, requiring public budget estimates, and shortening the veto‑change period.	d	734,844 (35%)	1,368,120 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public transportation; Bond issues	Authorize a $2.9 billion transportation bond to rebuild and improve the state’s roads, bridges, transit systems, airports, waterways and related infrastructure.	a	1,215,769 (56%)	959,734 (44%)

2003

See also: New York 2003 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Debt limits	Allow local governments to exclude sewage‑facility debt from their constitutional debt limits for an additional ten years.	a	839,208 (53%)	758,359 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Debt limits	Eliminate small city school districts from the state’s general constitutional debt limit.	d	724,141 (46%)	855,567 (54%)

2001

See also: New York 2001 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	Revise the constitutional language to be gender‑neutral by updating masculine terms to include feminine or neutral forms.	a	983,858 (56%)	779,437 (44%)

2000

See also: New York 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposal 1	Public transportation; Bond issues	Authorize up to $3.8 billion in state bonds to fund improvements, preservation, and restoration of transportation infrastructure.	d	1,589,091 (48%)	1,752,700 (52%)

1999

See also: New York 1999 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial authority	Authorize temporarily assigning city court judges outside New York City to county, family or district courts.	a	825,371 (61%)	529,133 (39%)

1997

See also: New York 1997 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial authority	Increase the monetary jurisdiction limits of certain state courts.	d	1,074,603 (44%)	1,359,910 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy	Clarify eligibility for additional civil service exam credits for active‑duty service members who later qualify as wartime veterans.	a	1,663,611 (65%)	883,312 (35%)
BI	Proposal 3	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the state to incur $2.4 billion in debt for school health and safety facility projects.	d	1,265,150 (47%)	1,430,830 (53%)
ACCQ	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	Call a constitutional convention to revise and amend the State Constitution.	d	929,415 (37%)	1,579,390 (63%)

1996

See also: New York 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposal 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	Authorize $1.75 billion in state debt for clean water, clean air, and environmental restoration projects.	a	2,286,063 (57%)	1,748,925 (43%)

1995

See also: New York 1995 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial authority	Increase the New York City Civil Court's jurisdiction over lawsuits involving claims from $25,000 to $50,000 and the district court’s jurisdiction from $15,000 to $50,000.	d	835,143 (50%)	846,112 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements; Election administration and governance; Voting age policy; Residency voting requirements; Voter registration	Eliminate voter re-registration requirements and change qualifications and procedures for voter registration.	a	974,206 (57%)	731,999 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Revenue allocation	Change the state’s borrowing practices by instituting planning hearings, allowing multiple bond questions, permitting capped revenue debt without referendum, and broadening emergency debt authority.	d	656,971 (39%)	1,024,492 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Land use and development policy; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy	Provide for the exchange of twelve acres of forest preserve for 144 acres and an easement to facilitate a public cemetery.	a	1,065,570 (64%)	594,787 (36%)

1990

See also: New York 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposal 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	Authorize $1.975 billion in state bonds for environmental preservation, enhancement, restoration, improvement, and stewardship.	d	1,330,942 (48%)	1,416,337 (52%)

1988

See also: New York 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposal 1	Public transportation; Bond issues	Authorize $3 billion in state bonds for construction, reconstruction, capacity improvements, replacement, reconditioning, and preservation of highways and bridges.	a	2,288,705 (55%)	1,846,042 (45%)

1987

See also: New York 1987 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Civil service; Veterans policy	Provide civil service credits to lawful resident aliens who served in wartime and removing the residency-at-enlistment requirement for veterans.	a	1,219,180 (70%)	519,769 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Athletics and sports	Increase ski-trail mileage and width on specified peaks, remove South Mountain’s ski-trail authorization, and align Whiteface’s facilities with other forest preserve ski areas.	a	881,350 (52%)	806,091 (48%)

1985

See also: New York 1985 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Public economic investment policy	Increase the state's guaranty cap for Job Development Authority bonds to $600 million and authorize it to make loans up to 60 percent of project cost for business facility improvements.	a	1,426,326 (68%)	663,891 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Tax and revenue administration	Incorporate federal law by reference into state and local tax statutes.	d	946,764 (49%)	999,056 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judicial authority	Provide the Court of Appeals the power to answer certified questions of law from federal or other state courts.	a	1,249,238 (66%)	654,198 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Authorize municipalities and school districts to issue sinking fund bonds to finance their debt.	a	1,049,473 (54%)	885,424 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public education funding; Property taxes	Repeal the special real-estate tax limit on smaller school districts.	a	994,490 (50%)	982,430 (50%)

1984

See also: New York 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local official term limits	Authorize the legislature to set three- or four-year terms for sheriffs and county clerks.	a	2,118,846 (67%)	1,020,593 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy	Authorize the legislature to adjust prize-limit restrictions for certain charitable games of chance.	a	1,803,103 (57%)	1,387,489 (43%)

1983

See also: New York 1983 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government finance and taxes; Utility policy	Permit the exclusion of sewage‐facility debt from local constitutional debt limits for obligations contracted between 1962 and 1994.	a	1,344,794 (52%)	1,241,760 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Banking policy	Remove constitutional limits on capital stock and trustee interests of savings institutions.	a	1,617,862 (61%)	1,035,645 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary	Permit retired judges or justices to continue serving by appointment of the courts’ administrative board.	d	1,144,573 (44%)	1,466,970 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judicial authority	Permit family court judges to be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in their home judicial department.	a	1,593,114 (62%)	990,426 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy	Authorize the exchange of ten acres of state land and buildings for two hundred acres of wild forest land to preserve historic structures.	a	1,602,228 (63%)	951,970 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary	Increase the New York City Civil Court's jurisdiction over lawsuits involving claims from $10,000 to $25,000	d	1,314,754 (44%)	1,645,322 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Land use and development policy	Authorize local governments to carry out public improvements and redevelopment projects.	a	1,387,876 (56%)	1,095,199 (44%)
BI	Proposal 1	Bond issues; Public transportation	Authoruze $1.25 billion in state bonds to renew and improve transportation infrastructure.	a	1,720,559 (53%)	1,521,386 (47%)

1981

See also: New York 1981 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy; Bond issues	Increase the state's bond guarantee limit from $150 million to $300 million for financing facilities that improve employment opportunities.	a	1,488,529 (60%)	973,704 (40%)
BI	Proposal 1	Bond issues; Prison and jail funding	Authorize $500 million in state debt to fund acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, and equipping correctional facilities in New York.	d	1,272,672 (50%)	1,286,371 (50%)

1979

See also: New York 1979 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy	Increase the state loan guarantee limit for the Job Development Authority to finance industrial or manufacturing projects.	d	1,149,429 (47%)	1,277,476 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy	Allow land exchanges in the state forest preserve for equal acreage in Hamilton County.	a	1,203,753 (51%)	1,170,181 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; State legislative processes and sessions	Allow the legislature to incorporate federal tax laws into state tax law by reference without restating them in full.	d	1,009,232 (43%)	1,327,008 (57%)
BI	Proposal 1	Bond issues; Energy conservation and efficiency; Public transportation	Authorize $500 million in state bonds for transportation improvements to promote energy conservation.	a	1,491,964 (55%)	1,201,530 (45%)

1977

See also: New York 1977 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Create a judicial nominating commission and establish its process for selecting Court of Appeals judges.	a	1,508,258 (53%)	1,311,621 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary structure	Provide for the reorganization and governance of the administration of the Unified Court System.	d	1,551,190 (58%)	1,123,636 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary oversight	Establish a commission on judicial conduct and authorizing admonition, censure, removal or retirement of judges and justices.	a	1,729,357 (64%)	961,989 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judicial authority	Expand the jurisdiction of town, village and city courts outside New York City.	d	1,195,211 (47%)	1,323,455 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public employee retirement funds	Increase pension benefits payable to widows and widowers of state retirees.	a	1,598,758 (57%)	1,200,116 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public education governance	Provide for the process for filling vacancies on boards of education.	a	1,281,541 (50%)	1,272,654 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public economic investment policy; Bond issues	Increase the state’s guarantee cap from $150 million to $300 million for Job Development Authority bonds used to finance nonprofit industrial development.	d	1,239,333 (47%)	1,374,781 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues; Public economic investment policy	Authorize a state-chartered public corporation to provide and back loans for business construction, expansion, and equipment to boost job creation across the State.	a	1,399,211 (54%)	1,178,071 (46%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues; Public economic investment policy	Authorize $750 million in state bonds to finance public capital projects aimed at promoting economic development.	d	1,067,589 (38%)	1,714,156 (62%)
ACCQ	Proposition 2	State constitutional conventions	Call a convention to revise and amend the Constitution.	d	1,126,902 (40%)	1,668,137 (60%)

1975

See also: New York 1975 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sex and gender issues; Constitutional rights	This measure would have amended Article I of the Constitution by adding to Section 13. It would have provided "that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the state or any subdivision thereof on account of sex."	d	1,470,213 (43%)	1,950,993 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	This measure amended Article VI of the Constitution, adding new Section 36-c and amending Section 22. The measure related to "to the powers of and reconstituting the court on the judiciary and creating a commission on judicial conduct."	a	1,900,262 (63%)	1,110,515 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	This measure would have amended Article 6 and 7 of the Constitution and would have provided for the "administration and financing of the unified court system of the state."	d	1,424,628 (50%)	1,442,076 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	This measure amended Article III of the Constitution by adding Section 13 and amended Article IV, Section 3. This amendment provided for the "convening of extraordinary sessions of the legislature upon petition of its members; and in relation to the agenda of extraordinary sessions thereof when called by the governor."	a	1,491,355 (52%)	1,362,912 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Water	This measure would have amended Article VIII, Section 2-a, subdivisions (C) and (D) of the Constitution. The amendment would have authorized "municipalities to construct storm water facilities in excess of their own needs for conveyance, disposal and treatment of surface waters and to incur joint indebtedness for such facilities."	d	1,307,681 (45%)	1,567,534 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Public employee retirement funds	This measure would have amended Article VIII, Section 11, Subdivision (B) and Article VIII, Section 10 of the Constitution. It would have excluded "the cost of employer contributions for pension, retirement and social security liabilities from now-existing tax limitations."	d	1,133,553 (40%)	1,730,389 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Gambling policy	This measure amended Article I, Section 9, Subdivision 2 of the Constitution. It authorized "the limited conduct of certain games of chance by religious, charitable or certain non-profit organizations."	a	1,497,217 (50%)	1,491,943 (50%)
BI	Proposal 1	Housing; Bond issues	This measure would have authorized "the creation of a State debt of an additional $250,000,000 for low-rent housing."	d	1,110,419 (36%)	1,964,681 (64%)

1974

See also: New York 1974 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposition 1	Transportation; Bond issues	This measure authorized "the creation of a State debt of $250,000,000 for preserving and enhancing commuter and intercity rail passenger and rail freight capital facilities."	a	1,763,022 (65%)	965,623 (35%)

1973

See also: New York 1973 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The referendum allowed for the state constitution to exclude certain indebtedness at the county, city, town or village level from January 1, 1962, to January 1, 1983.	a	1,720,008 (55%)	1,414,813 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 10	State judiciary	The referendum would have abolished the Nassau county court and would have transferred the judges to the state supreme court.	d	1,224,526 (44%)	1,538,447 (56%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Jury rules; Criminal trials	The referendum allowed for an amendment to the state constitution that let certain persons charged with felonies wave indictment by a grand jury.	a	1,652,460 (54%)	1,424,437 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The referendum expanded the authority of the Legislature to loan state money to a public corporation.	a	1,670,032 (53%)	1,458,628 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State judiciary	The referendum would of increased the salaries and terms of district court judges.	d	1,388,134 (46%)	1,598,920 (54%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Corrections governance	The referendum deleted the provision in the Constitution that named the head of the department of correction as chairman of the state commission of correction.	a	1,571,065 (55%)	1,309,625 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State judiciary	The referendum conferred "upon the family court jurisdiction over the custody of minors in habeas corpus proceedings."	a	1,926,863 (64%)	1,086,998 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	The referendum increased the size of land in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, which "the Legislature may dedicate for the practice of forest or wildlife conservation or authorize the use thereof for public recreational or other state purposes or the sale, exchange or other disposition thereof, from not more than 10 to not more than 100 contiguous acres so separated."	a	1,751,102 (58%)	1,284,585 (42%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	County and municipal governance	The referendum deleted "the requirement that no county may be erected unless its population shall entitle it to a member of the assembly."	d	1,106,284 (39%)	1,755,331 (61%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	State judiciary	The referendum would have permitted "a retired judge to perform the duties of his respective court; and a retired surrogate judge to perform the duties of a supreme court justice."	d	1,010,357 (34%)	1,953,160 (66%)
LRCA	Propostion No. 1	Public transportation; Bond issues	The referendum would have allowed for $3.5 billion in debt for the maintenance of mass transportation.	d	1,593,531 (42%)	2,210,907 (58%)

1972

See also: New York 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment 1	County and municipal governance; State judiciary	The referendum added new language to the state constitution that allowed for the election of district attorneys for each county.	a	2,478,100 (60%)	1,673,627 (40%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	The referendum would have repealed and replaced Article XIX of the state constitution.	d	1,546,784 (39%)	2,393,174 (61%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment 3	Constitutional wording changes; State judiciary	The referendum would have allowed for an increase of judicial departments from four to five.	d	1,675,316 (42%)	2,286,190 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition No. 1	Environment	The referendum allowed for the creation of $1.15 billion in debt to focus on the preservation and restoration of the state's environment.	a	3,137,048 (67%)	1,545,795 (33%)

1971

See also: New York 1971 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment would have repealed Article 18 of the Constitution and would have replaced it with a new Article 18. It also would have amended section 4, article 8 (relating to modifying the constitutional debt limits of counties, cities, towns and villages, for any purpose including community development)."	d	1,322,065 (35%)	2,414,805 (65%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Utility policy	This amendment would have permitted a county, city, town or village to exclude indebtedness for sewage facilities.	d	1,801,271 (49%)	1,876,683 (51%)
BI	Proposition 1	Environment; Bond issues	This proposition allowed for $1.5 billion in state debt for the preservation and improvement of the environment.	d	1,322,065 (35%)	2,414,805 (65%)

1970

See also: New York 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Housing assistance programs	Increase the statewide limit on low‑rent housing and urban renewal subsidies by $20 million.	d	1,424,590 (48%)	1,568,939 (52%)

1969

See also: New York 1969 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Healthcare facility funding	Authorize the state or municipalities to lend their money or credit to corporations or associations for hospital and related health-care facilities.	a	2,813,705 (80%)	718,707 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	Increase the state’s guarantor cap and extend maturity for Job Development Authority bonds and notes.	a	2,286,519 (69%)	1,050,663 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Establish a State Nature and Historical Preserve.	a	2,750,675 (81%)	656,763 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Redistricting policy	Provide for the inclusion of non-citizens in the total population for legislative redistricting.	a	2,229,299 (70%)	960,452 (30%)

1967

See also: New York 1967 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment No. 1	Bond issues	Authorize the state to increase its guaranty of Job Development Authority bonds from $50 million to $200 million.	d	2,045,499 (46%)	2,388,676 (54%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment No. 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Athletics and sports	Allow the state to build and operate up to 30 miles of ski trails with facilities on specified forest‑preserve slopes.	d	1,147,937 (27%)	3,153,389 (73%)
BI	Proposition 1	Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure authorized the creation of a "state debt in the amount of two billion five hundred million dollars to provide monies for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction and improvement of certain highway, mass transportation, airport and aviation facilities and equipment."	a	2,795,577 (58%)	2,006,318 (42%)
CCRCA	Question No. 1	State constitution ratification	The measure would have authorized a new state constitution.	d	1,327,999 (28%)	3,487,513 (72%)

1966

See also: New York 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bond issues	This measure would have amended Section 7, Article 10 of the Constitution and renumbered it as Section 8. It would have increased "to $75,000,000 the maximum principal amount of bonds for which the state may be made liable issued by a public corporation created to make loans to a non-profit corporation."	d	1,854,074 (49%)	1,904,285 (51%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 10	State judiciary	This measure would have amended Section 25 (b), Article 6 of the Constitution. It related to the "continued service in the court of appeals of a retired judge."	d	1,777,447 (50%)	1,783,697 (50%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 11	State judiciary	This measure amended Section 25(b), Article 6 of the Constitution. This amendment related to the "continued service in the appellate division of retired appellate division justices."	a	1,801,288 (51%)	1,727,722 (49%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State legislatures measures	This measure amended Section 8, Article 7 of the Constitution. It related "to the power of the legislature to authorize the loan of state moneys to improve employment opportunities in any area of the state."	a	2,007,131 (54%)	1,724,243 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Debt limits; Housing development funding	This measure would have amended Section 4, Article 18 of the Constitution. This amendment related "to the power of cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness for low rent housing and slum clearance projects on basis of average full valuation of taxable real estate."	d	1,666,381 (45%)	2,065,195 (55%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State legislatures measures; Public assistance programs	This measure amended Section 8, Article 7 of the Constitution. It related "to empowering the legislature to provide for the education and support of the mentally ill, the emotionally disturbed, and the mentally retarded."	a	2,960,248 (77%)	907,989 (23%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Public employee retirement funds	This measure amended Section 8, Article 7 of the Constitution. It increased the pensions of "widows of retired members of a teachers retirement system of the state or of a subdivision of the state."	a	2,228,190 (60%)	1,516,233 (40%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Residency voting requirements	This measure amended Section 1, Article 2 of the Constitution. It required a three month residence of voters in state, and in county, city or village elections.	a	2,370,919 (64%)	1,354,807 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Public education funding; Gambling policy	This amendement authorized state lotteries for the support of education.	a	2,464,898 (61%)	1,604,694 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment authorized the absentee registration of voters who are unable to appear for personal registration.	a	2,451,854 (67%)	1,202,983 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	This measure would have amended Sections 4, 10, 11, of Article 8 of the Constitution and added a new Section 11-a. This amendment related to the "power of the Buffalo city school district to contract indebtedness and to raise taxes upon real estate."	d	1,505,396 (43%)	1,995,523 (57%)
BI	Proposition 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This measure authorized the creation of a "State debt of $200,000,000 to develop and acquire lands for outdoor recreation."	a	2,402,363 (59%)	1,660,392 (41%)

1965

See also: New York 1965 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This measure proposed holding a convention to revise the Constitution.	a	1,681,438 (53%)	1,468,431 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 10	State judiciary; Public employee retirement funds	This measure amended Article 8, Section 1 of the Constitution. It permitted "the city of New York to increase pension benefits to retired members of department of street cleaning and their widows and dependent children or parents." This measure also amended Article 13, adding a new Section 8. It provided "that elections, except of judicial officers, of city officers, and county officers in any county wholly within a city, except to fill vacancies, shall be held in odd-numbered years."	a	1,617,270 (55%)	1,310,803 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State executive official measures	This measure amended Article 7, Section 2 of the Constitution. It required the "the governor to submit to the legislature the executive budget by February 1 in each year following the year fixed by the Constitution for the election of the governor and lieutenant governor, and by the second Tuesday following the first day of the annual meeting of the legislature in other years."	a	1,882,387 (62%)	1,170,320 (38%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary	This amendment would have provided that the "terms of justices of town courts shall not be less than four years."	d	1,379,294 (46%)	1,622,926 (54%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State legislatures measures	This amendment would have increased the term of legislators from two years to four years.	d	1,221,793 (40%)	1,806,245 (60%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State legislatures measures; Public assistance programs	The amendment permitted the "legislature to make provision for nursing home accommodations for persons of low income."	a	1,584,127 (52%)	1,474,130 (48%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Housing	This measure would have amended Article 18, Section 2 of the Constitution. It extended the "authority of state and municipalities to make loans and grant power of eminent domain to partnerships, trusts and corporations engaged in providing housing facilities."	d	1,215,721 (41%)	1,719,041 (59%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Constitutional wording changes	This measure would have amended Article 19, Section 1 of the Constitution. It would have provided that "proposed amendments to the Constitution adopted by a session of the legislature and referred to the next regular session shall be published for three months previous to the next succeeding general election preceding such session."	d	1,191,595 (41%)	1,682,195 (59%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	State judiciary; Age limits for officials	This measures would have amended Article 6, Section 25(b) of the Constitution. It would have permitted "any former judge of the surrogates court in any county within New York city or in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester counties, in addition to former court of appeals judges and former supreme court justices, to perform the duties of supreme court justices until December 31 of the year he reaches age 76."	d	1,328,360 (46%)	1,540,430 (54%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	Airport infrastructure; Public land policy	This amendment permitted the state to give land to the town of Arrieta to improve Piseco airport.	a	1,616,165 (56%)	1,278,375 (44%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues; Utility policy	The measure authorized the creation of a state debt of $1,000,000,000 for sewage treatment facilities.	a	3,037,370 (81%)	718,398 (19%)
BI	Proposition 2	Bond issues; Housing	This measure would have increased by $9,000,000 "the maximum aggregate amount of State periodic subsidies and a bond issuance of $200,000,000 for slum clearance and low-rent housing."	d	1,227,584 (37%)	2,115,134 (63%)
BI	Proposition 3	Housing; Bond issues	This measure would have amended the "Public Housing law by increasing by $13,500,000 the maximum aggregate amount of State subsidies in regards to low-rent housing and urban renewal purposes."	d	1,139,715 (35%)	2,127,721 (65%)

1964

See also: New York 1964 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Housing; State legislatures measures	This measure would have amended Article 18 and Sections 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 of the state Constitution. It related to the "powers of the legislature in aid of housing urban renewal programs, and rehabilitation and improvement of substandard dwellings and to the contracting of municipal indebtedness for such purposes."	d	1,508,342 (40%)	2,225,760 (60%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Salaries of government officials	This measure repealed subsection (b) of Section 7 or Article 1 of the state Constitution. It related to compensation for taking public property. It also amended Section 6, Article 3 of the state Constitution. It related to the salaries of legislature members. The measure also amended Section 17, Article 3 of the state Constitution and was related to street railroads. In addition, the measure amended Section 19, Article 3 of the state Constitution. It dealt with claims against the state. Lastly, the measure amended Section 6, Article 5 of the state Constitution and was related to "preferences for veterans in the civil service prior to January 1."	a	1,849,292 (52%)	1,710,239 (48%)

1963

See also: New York 1963 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Absentee and mail voting	This measure permitted the "legislature to liberalize voting requirements in presidential elections for persons who have recently moved into, within or outside the state; permits wider use of absentee ballots."	a	1,962,094 (76%)	618,402 (24%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Salaries of government officials	This measured deleted the maximum salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor.	a	1,724,497 (71%)	699,447 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Administration of government	This measure empowered the "legislature to provide for continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency caused by enemy attack or disaster."	a	2,021,720 (82%)	441,696 (18%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Administration of government		a	1,719,074 (72%)	667,042 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure permitted "local governments to exclude from their debt limit the cost of sewage treatment and disposal facilities for an eleven year period."	a	1,490,558 (63%)	874,313 (37%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Public employee retirement funds	The measure permitted "villages to increase pension benefits to retired members of police and fire departments and their widows and dependent children or parents."	a	1,867,020 (76%)	601,340 (24%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This measures permitted the state to "convey ten acres of forest preserve land to the village of Saranac Lake for refuse disposal in exchange for thirty acres of true forest land owned by village."	a	1,861,710 (77%)	546,593 (23%)

1962

See also: New York 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State legislatures measures	This measure related to "bribery and the abuse of privilege by public officials."	a	1,619,745 (66%)	839,588 (34%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	This measure repealed "obscure sections dealing with ownership of lands, escheat and Indian lands and other details made obsolete by passage of time or coverage under statutes."	a	1,521,201 (64%)	857,022 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Constitutional wording changes	This measure repealed a military article and replaced with a defense article.	a	1,626,248 (69%)	746,308 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Redistricting policy; State legislatures measures	This measure eliminated a "detailed and obsolete description of boundaries of the senate districts as they were in 1894, without making any change in the formula for apportioning the districts."	a	1,507,357 (64%)	845,358 (36%)
BI	Proposition 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	This measure issued a bond of "$25,000,000 to purchase open lands for parks, conservation and recreation."	a	1,786,496 (67%)	889,924 (33%)

1961

See also: New York 1961 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State judiciary; Constitutional wording changes	This amendment provided for "reorganization of the states court system."	a	2,303,446 (82%)	507,211 (18%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	This measure amended Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Article 5 of the state Constitution. It limited the number and "flexibility in the establishment of the civil departments in the state government and for assignment of functions thereto; expands the powers of the governor and the legislature in respect thereto."	a	1,858,351 (73%)	700,873 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Transportation	This measure authorized the payment by the state of not more than $100 million for the Port Authority of New York for the purchase and lease of railroad commuter cars.	a	1,608,405 (62%)	974,079 (38%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Public economic investment policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure authorized the "loan of state moneys to non-profit corporations not exceeding $50 million for industrial and manufacturing plants to provide additional employment in depressed area."	a	1,549,726 (62%)	954,203 (38%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure would have authorized "the contracting of a state debt for two or more specific purposes in event of general economic recession."	d	1,166,894 (48%)	1,262,080 (52%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure would have authorized state liability for no more than $500 million for the "construction of buildings and other improvements at institutions of higher education."	d	1,278,992 (47%)	1,440,450 (53%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Transportation; Public land policy	This measure would have granted the use of "forest preserve lands in Hamilton county to permit highway relocation."	d	1,021,765 (41%)	1,453,392 (59%)

1960

See also: New York 1960 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	This measure authorized a state debt of $75,000,000 to acquire more open lands for recreational and conservation purposes.	a	2,390,585 (73%)	889,234 (27%)

1959

See also: New York 1959 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administrative organization; Transportation	This measure established in the state government a Department of Motor Vehicles.	a	1,869,500 (67%)	911,609 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Public land policy; Transportation	This measure related to the "interstate route highway on forest preserve lands, popularly referred to as 'Northway.'"	a	1,621,428 (56%)	1,261,769 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Administration of government	This measure was related to the "prohibition against a public official holding office if he refuses to testify concerning his conduct in present or past offices."	a	1,907,659 (72%)	738,540 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Public education funding; Bond issues	This measure would have permitted "New York city to issue $500 million in bonds for school construction outside its debt limit."	d	1,248,208 (43%)	1,638,353 (57%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Elections and campaigns	This measure permitted the "legislature to provide for the elimination of primary elections where there is no contest."	a	1,544,635 (61%)	1,000,435 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Water; State legislatures measures	This measure empowered the legislature to lease or transfer the state's barge canal system to the federal government for inclusion into the national system of inland waterways.	a	1,505,107 (57%)	1,125,082 (43%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Public employee retirement funds	This measure authorized "counties, cities and towns to increase pension benefits for certain members of police and fire departments or their dependents."	a	1,909,448 (70%)	829,642 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Taxes; State legislatures measures	This measure permitted the "legislature to define income for income tax purposes by reference to federal laws."	a	1,616,812 (63%)	939,003 (37%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	County and municipal governance	This measure authorized "municipalities to jointly provide municipal services."	a	1,648,447 (65%)	904,202 (35%)

1958

See also: New York 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	County and municipal governance	This measure granted "additional powers of home rule to counties."	a	1,606,777 (67%)	782,133 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Bond issues; Housing	This measure extended "time of payment of notes or obligations for money borrowed in anticipation of the sale of bonds authorized for housing purposes."	a	1,309,103 (56%)	1,040,784 (44%)
BI	Proposition 1	Housing development funding; Debt limits	This measure created an additional "State debt in the aggregate of $100,000,000 for slum clearance and low-rent housing."	a	1,187,034 (51%)	1,140,848 (49%)
BI	Proposition 2	Debt limits; Housing development funding	This measure created a "State debt of $100,000,000 for loans to limited - profit housing companies."	a	1,156,093 (50%)	1,133,936 (50%)

1957

See also: New York 1957 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This measure would have called a constitutional convention to amend the constitution.	d	1,242,568 (48%)	1,368,063 (52%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure authorized "a $250 million state debt for expansion of the state university."	a	1,895,896 (70%)	805,251 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Housing	This measure provided for a "method of amortization of state loans for public or limited-profit housing."	a	1,612,471 (64%)	916,771 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Gambling policy	This measure authorized the "conduct of bingo games by certain organizations under state regulation and local government supervision."	a	1,818,353 (61%)	1,175,820 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Housing	This measure excluded "liability for certain state housing loans in ascertaining debt-incurring power of towns and villages for housing purposes."	a	1,497,237 (62%)	931,047 (38%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This amendment authorized the "dedication, use, sale, exchange or other disposition of certain state forest preserve lands."	a	1,551,982 (61%)	972,118 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Highways and bridges; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy	This amendment permitted the "limited use of forest preserve lands for state highway purposes."	a	1,725,735 (69%)	791,744 (31%)

1955

See also: New York 1955 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bond issues; Transportation	This amendment would have authorized the "legislature to provide for the issuance of state bonds, not exceeding $750,000,000, for state highway and grade crossing elimination purposes."	d	1,139,002 (43%)	1,493,308 (57%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 10	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "appointment of temporary justices and judges, in case of temporary illness or disability of the incumbent."	d	822,693 (43%)	1,073,103 (57%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Housing	This amendment was related to the "limit for authorization of periodic subsidies by the state for low rent publicly assisted housing."	a	1,139,185 (53%)	1,011,424 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment was related to absentee registration and voting.	a	1,172,556 (56%)	923,855 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Administration of government	This amendment was related to the "powers and duties of the comptroller respecting the taxation and assessment of real estate."	a	1,077,914 (54%)	918,978 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to the "indebtedness contracted for sewer purposes."	d	818,551 (41%)	1,175,343 (59%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Public economic investment policy	This amendment was related to the "powers of public corporations and improvement districts to provide for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage and for drainage purposes and to contract indebtedness for such purposes."	a	1,163,800 (59%)	803,884 (41%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Public land policy	This amendment would have authorized the "use of certain state owned forest preserve lands for the construction and operation of Panther Mountain reservoir to regulate the flow of Moose and Black rivers."	d	613,927 (27%)	1,622,196 (73%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Administration of government; State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "holding of any other public office by judges, justices or surrogates."	a	1,078,167 (56%)	849,029 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "appointment of temporary judges of county courts in counties outside the city of New York, in case of the temporary illness or disability of the incumbent."	d	824,424 (43%)	1,093,048 (57%)

1953

See also: New York 1953 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State judiciary	This amendment temporary assigned "justices or judges to terms of courts within the city of New York."	a	995,128 (78%)	276,700 (22%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State judiciary	This amendment increased the monetary civil jurisdiction from $3,000 to $6,000 for county courts outside New York City.	a	1,141,754 (75%)	376,815 (25%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State executive official measures; Elections and campaigns	This amendment called for the joint election of the governor and lieutenant governor of the state. It also provided for the legislature to fill vacancies in those two offices.	a	844,310 (56%)	663,471 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Water	This amendment related to local indebtedness for water supply. It granted powers to the legislature to deal with "public corporations and improvement districts concerning excess supply of water."	d	56,798 (12%)	431,766 (88%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Salaries of government officials	This amendment authorized the legislature to fix the salary of the governor, by joint resolution to a $50,000 maximum.	a	1,016,430 (65%)	538,529 (35%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Salaries of government officials	This amendment authorized the legislature to fix the salary of the lieutenant governor, by joint resolution to a $20,000 maximum.	a	1,011,359 (66%)	531,632 (34%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment related to the power of "counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness and to raise taxes on real estate."	a	989,741 (65%)	524,193 (35%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Housing; Taxes	This amendment related to the constitutional limitation on the "amount to be raised by the city of New York, and counties therein, by tax on real estate."	a	947,531 (63%)	560,023 (37%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; State legislatures measures	This amendment was related to the removal of legislature power "to provide for use of portions of forest preserve for the construction of reservoirs to regulate the flow of streams."	a	1,002,462 (59%)	697,270 (41%)

1951

See also: New York 1951 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	This amendment was related to the "absentee voting privileges of electors in military service and certain members of their immediate families."	a	1,695,034 (90%)	193,223 (10%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Elections and campaigns; Military service policy	This amendment was related to the exemption "requirement of personal registration voters in military service, inmates of certain veterans' bureau hospitals and certain members of their immediate families."	a	1,584,025 (88%)	217,601 (12%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Public employee retirement funds	This amendment empowered the legislature "to increase pensions of members of retirement system of the state or of any subdivision."	a	1,392,034 (75%)	471,148 (25%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Bond issues	This amendment empowered the legislature "by law to make the state liable for bonded indebtedness of a public corporation created to construct state thruways." It also authorized the "use of state canal lands and properties by such corporation."	a	1,563,044 (81%)	366,767 (19%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary	This amendment provided for "appeals to court of appeals, by permission, from non-final orders in proceedings by or against public officers."	a	1,357,821 (83%)	278,959 (17%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment restricted the "powers of counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness and to impose taxes upon real estate."	a	1,297,378 (74%)	461,611 (26%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	State judiciary	This amendment increased the "monetary jurisdiction of the city court of the city of New York."	a	1,320,299 (80%)	325,476 (20%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	State judiciary	This amendment permitted "judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme court to serve in the armed forces of the United States or state of New York."	a	1,343,294 (79%)	348,584 (21%)

1949

See also: New York 1949 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government	This amendment authorized the "lieutenant-governor-elect to serve as governor in event of death of governor-elect before assuming office."	a	1,796,852 (80%)	452,419 (20%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Veterans policy	This amendment authorized the "payment of war bonus to members of armed forces from New York state whether or not resident of state at time of application."	a	1,633,560 (72%)	633,569 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary	This amendment established "court of claims as constitutional court of record."	a	1,479,971 (71%)	616,707 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State judiciary; Administration of government	This amendment provided for further penalty for a public officer that refuses to waive immunity or give testimony.	a	1,611,049 (77%)	471,724 (23%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Veterans policy; Civil service	This amendment related to "revising veterans' preference in civil service employment."	a	1,592,483 (59%)	1,090,977 (41%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Housing	This amendment extended to "to certain villages -- 5,000 or more inhabitants -- certain powers of cities in relation to indebtedness for low rent housing."	a	1,441,214 (70%)	627,479 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment changed the "power of counties, cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness; excluding from New York city debt limit $150,000,000 for city hospitals."	a	1,435,575 (71%)	590,332 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Taxes; Housing	This amendment changed the "limitations upon the amount of real estate taxes which may be levied by counties, cities, villages and certain school districts."	a	1,364,859 (69%)	602,855 (31%)
BI	Proposition 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Housing	This bond issue created "a state debt in the aggregate amount of $300,000,000 for the purpose of making loans to cities, town, villages and authorities for slum clearance and low-rent purposes under and pursuant to article 18 of the Constitution and the Public Housing law."	a	1,112,494 (61%)	717,411 (39%)

1947

See also: New York 1947 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Veterans policy	This amendment authorized the legislature to create a state debt for payments to veterans of the armed forces from New York.	a	2,221,800 (73%)	805,826 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment permitted "more extensive use of absentee ballots."	a	1,848,701 (76%)	573,050 (24%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Salaries of government officials	This amendment permitted members of the legislature to receive a fixed salary by law It also deleted a provision of Constitution that fixed the annual salary at legislators at $2,500.	a	1,431,636 (61%)	901,023 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State judiciary	This amendment related to the "removal or retirement of judicial officers by the court on the judiciary."	a	1,572,256 (68%)	749,020 (32%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary	This amendment created another judicial district out of a second judicial district.	a	1,181,559 (54%)	1,009,223 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Athletics and sports	The measure allowed for the construction and maintenance of ski trails on Gore Mountain and Belleayre Mountain in the Catskill Mountains. The amendment received 1,431,526 "yes" votes, but the number of "no" is not known.	a
BI	Proposition 1	Housing; Bond issues	This proposition issued a $135,000,000 bond for slum clearance and public housing.	a	1,515,403 (71%)	633,868 (29%)
BI	Proposition 2	Housing	This proposition increased from $9,000,000 to $13,000,000 aggregate payments for subsidies for public housing projects.	a	1,439,187 (70%)	627,198 (30%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Housing	This proposition increased from "$1,000,000 to $1,500,000 the maximum aggregate payments for periodic subsidies in housing projects for one year."	a	1,429,548 (69%)	630,862 (31%)

1945

See also: New York 1945 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government	This amendment would have required that the "governor and lieutenant-governor be chosen jointly."	d	475,912 (49%)	485,534 (51%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	This amendment prescribed a procedure "in filling vacancies in the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor and the performance of the duties of such offices by others in certain cases."	a	575,740 (64%)	324,258 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Elections and campaigns	This amendment removed the disqualification of "votes of certain electors of a nonpersonal election district after removal within thirty days preceding an election from one election district to another in the same county."	a	458,749 (52%)	416,474 (48%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Redistricting policy	This amendment provided that "towns with certain population ratios may be divided in creation of senate and assembly districts."	a	613,373 (70%)	264,296 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	County and municipal governance	This amendment permitted "two-thirds of the members of a county governing body to request enactment of special or local laws by the legislature without approval of county executive officer."	a	608,296 (71%)	246,141 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Veterans policy; Civil service	This amendment gave "disabled veterans preference in civil service appointments and promotions and extending until December 31, 1950, the same preference to non-disabled veterans."	a	621,436 (51%)	587,217 (49%)

1943

See also: New York 1943 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government	This amendment established a department of commerce in the state government.	a	600,495 (72%)	239,222 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Taxes	This amendment authorized the legislature "to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue stabilization reserves, and regulating payments thereto, and withdrawals therefrom."	a	558,726 (69%)	246,011 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Redistricting policy	This amendment was related to the "creation of assembly districts in counties to which have been apportioned a greater number of assemblymen than the number of towns in such county."	d	385,025 (50%)	387,496 (50%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Elections and campaigns	This amendment changed the residence requirement for voting purposes. It required a four month residence for voters in counties, cities or villages.	a	599,330 (73%)	220,812 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Elections and campaigns; State legislatures measures	This amendment was related to the "residence requirements for election to the senate or assembly at the first election next ensuing after readjustment or alteration of the districts."	a	566,149 (73%)	212,320 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "jurisdiction of the court of appeals and the regulation of appeals to that court."	a	571,574 (73%)	207,888 (27%)

1941

See also: New York 1941 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bond issues; Transportation	This amendment authorized the "diversion of $60,000,000 railroad grade crossing elimination bonds for construction and reconstruction of state highways and parkways."	a	936,279 (60%)	629,313 (40%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	This amendment would have provided four-year terms to state senators.	d	588,894 (41%)	860,684 (59%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Constitutional wording changes	This amendment was related to the validity of proposed constitutional amendments.	a	776,385 (58%)	558,638 (42%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Athletics and sports	This amendment permitted the "construction of ski trails on slopes of Whiteface Mountain."	a	740,506 (50%)	730,562 (50%)

1939

See also: New York 1939 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Gambling policy	This amendment permitted "pari-mutuel betting on horse races."	a	1,225,495 (67%)	594,811 (33%)

1938

See also: New York 1938 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 7	Proportional representation	Prohibit a system of proportional representation in New York	d	627,123 (29%)	1,554,404 (71%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention.	a	1,521,036 (54%)	1,301,797 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government; State constitutional conventions	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It would have repealed Sections 2 to 5 of Article 3 of the state Constitution and substituted new sections on "legislative apportionment and increasing term of senators from two to four years."	d	848,367 (37%)	1,425,344 (63%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State constitutional conventions; Transportation	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It eliminated railroad grade crossings.	a	1,561,846 (64%)	895,382 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Housing; State constitutional conventions	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It related to low rent housing and slum clearance and authorized the "contracting of state debt up to $300,000,000 for loans, the expanding of the debt limit of cities by 2 per cent, and authorizing the granting of subsidies."	a	1,686,056 (64%)	936,279 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State constitutional conventions; State judiciary	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It would have amended a judiciary article.	d	641,332 (29%)	1,550,653 (71%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Public works labor and contracting	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It related to the "rights of labor and fixing the hours and prevailing rate of wages on public works."	a	1,869,883 (67%)	940,770 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Public assistance programs; State constitutional conventions	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. This amendment permitted the "use of state money and credit for social welfare, including provision, by insurance or otherwise, against the hazards of unemployment, sickness and old age."	a	1,902,075 (67%)	943,296 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Transportation	This amendment was submitted by the constitutional convention. It excluded $315 million from the debt limit of NYC for the unification of transit facilities.	a	1,407,056 (60%)	935,744 (40%)

1937

See also: New York 1937 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government; State executive official measures	This amendment increased the "term of office of governor and lieutenant governor from two years to four years."	a	842,980 (63%)	503,656 (37%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	This amendment increased the term of office for Assembly members from one year to two years.	a	856,818 (65%)	463,074 (35%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Criminal trials; Jury rules	This amendment permitted "defendants in all criminal cases, except those in which the crime charged may be punishable by death, to waive trial by jury."	a	721,540 (57%)	550,297 (43%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Local official term limits	This amendment removed the "provision which made sheriffs ineligible for the next term after the termination of their offices."	a	697,007 (53%)	610,515 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary	This amendment would have prescribed the "jurisdiction and powers of the city court of the city of New York."	d	551,569 (46%)	636,938 (54%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State judiciary	This amendment would have prescribed the "jurisdiction and powers of the municipal court of the city of New York."	d	538,312 (45%)	649,769 (55%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues	This measures issued a bond for $40 million for the construction of buildings for state hospitals for the insane, state charitable and correctional institutions.	a	756,843 (63%)	444,527 (37%)

1936

See also: New York 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to amend the state Constitution.	a	1,413,604 (54%)	1,190,275 (46%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues	This measure issued a $30 million bond for unemployment relief funds from 11/15/36 through 2/15/38.	a	1,578,519 (67%)	788,512 (33%)

1935

See also: New York 1935 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government		a	1,288,297 (72%)	499,332 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Civil trials; Jury rules	This amendment was related to "non-unanimous jury verdicts in civil cases."	a	1,150,687 (71%)	480,340 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Banking policy	This amendment was related to the "liability of stockholders of banks."	a	1,086,701 (67%)	538,442 (33%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues	This measure issued a $55 million bond for emergency relief from 11/15/35 through 2/15/37.	a	1,204,698 (69%)	534,107 (31%)

1933

See also: New York 1933 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Property	This amendment related to compensation of private property when it is taken by New York City.	a	1,113,371 (72%)	443,326 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Veterans policy; Civil service	This amendment would have extended "civil service preference to disabled veterans who were residents but not citizens of this state at time of entrance into military or naval service."	d	755,675 (45%)	939,036 (55%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Public land policy; Transportation	The measure allowed for the construction of a road from Indian Lake to Speculator on state Forest Preserve land.	a	1,099,399 (69%)	492,424 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Transportation	This amendment was related to the "sale or disposition of barge terminal canal lands in New York city."	a	1,109,388 (72%)	425,378 (28%)
BI	Proposition 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure created a $60 million state debt for temporary emergency relief.	a	1,669,801 (84%)	306,341 (16%)

1932

See also: New York 1932 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Public land policy; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This amendment would have used forest preserve land for lodges, hotels, and recreational facilities.	d	693,542 (34%)	1,326,599 (66%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues	This measure issued a $30 million state bond for temporary emergency relief.	a	1,780,502 (79%)	473,365 (21%)

1931

See also: New York 1931 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Redistricting policy	This amendment abolished the state census and begun the use of the federal census as a "basis for formation of senatorial and assembly districts."	a	924,228 (73%)	335,206 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State legislatures measures	This amendment would have permitted "legislators to receive civil appointments during their legislative terms."	d	424,522 (38%)	700,177 (62%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This amendment was related to the eleven year reforestation program.	a	778,192 (58%)	554,550 (42%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State legislatures measures; State judiciary	This amendment would have permitted the "legislature to divide the second judicial district and create a new district."	d	504,737 (47%)	578,445 (53%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Public assistance programs; Administrative organization	This amendment changed the "the title of the state department of charities to the state department of social welfare."	a	812,545 (69%)	365,804 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Taxes	This amendment would have authorized "Westchester county to adopt a system of assessment for taxation purposes."	d	497,616 (47%)	552,559 (53%)

1929

See also: New York 1929 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Civil service; Veterans policy	This amendment was related to "civil service preference to veterans."	a	1,071,517 (73%)	404,454 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment was related to the absentee voting privilege of inmates of veterans' bureau hospitals.	a	1,119,164 (81%)	256,664 (19%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State legislatures measures; County and municipal governance	This amendment limited the power of legislature "relative to Nassau and Westchester county laws."	a	818,497 (71%)	327,904 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment related to the state debt that the state can contract to suppress forest fires.	a	959,454 (75%)	313,512 (25%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary	This amendment related to the transfer of criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.	a	889,689 (74%)	312,622 (26%)

1927

See also: New York 1927 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State executive official measures; Constitutional wording changes	This amendment related to a new article, Article 4-A, on the executive budget.	a	1,291,990 (74%)	446,107 (26%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This article was related to the city debt limit.	a	961,632 (55%)	799,867 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Transportation	This article was related to the elimination of railroad grade crossings and how its cost included counties.	a	1,339,332 (77%)	397,205 (23%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Salaries of government officials	This amendment increased the salaries of legislators, the governor and lieutenant-governor.	a	1,073,802 (61%)	683,999 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Administration of government; State executive official measures	This amendment was related to the head of the executive department.	a	1,197,931 (71%)	488,095 (29%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Executive official term limits; State legislative term limits	This amendment would have changed the term of senators to four-years, assemblyman to two-years and the governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller and attorney-general to four-year terms.	d	578,863 (32%)	1,256,157 (68%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Transportation; Public land policy	This amendment was related to the construction of a highway on forest preserve land.	a	1,082,864 (64%)	602,395 (36%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Public land policy	This amendment was related to the "condemnation of land by counties."	a	1,085,441 (67%)	533,705 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	Land use and development policy	This amendment was related to the "annexation of territory by cities."	a	1,144,872 (68%)	527,388 (32%)

1925

See also: New York 1925 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bond issues	This amendment was related to a bond issue for the construction of public buildings.	a	960,385 (51%)	937,990 (49%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Bond issues	This amendment was related to a bond issue for the elimination of railroad grade crossings.	a	1,032,109 (55%)	859,702 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Administration of government	This amendment was related to the reorganization of state departments.	a	1,048,087 (57%)	775,768 (43%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the organization of the state judicial system.	a	1,090,632 (61%)	711,018 (39%)

1924

See also: New York 1924 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	This measure issued a state bond of $15 million for the improvement of state parks and for the establishment of new state parks.	a	1,542,928 (73%)	556,920 (27%)

1923

See also: New York 1923 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Veterans policy	This amendment was related to a bonus that was given to "soldiers, sailors and marines of the World War."	a	1,072,112 (61%)	689,885 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	This amendment was related to the home rule of cities.	a	957,108 (65%)	510,947 (35%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Water; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This amendment was related to "water power development in the forest preserve."	d	470,251 (33%)	965,777 (67%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to the "debt limitation of a city or county."	d	608,684 (48%)	671,141 (52%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment was related to the extension of absentee voting to inmates, soldiers and sailors.	a	1,019,077 (71%)	423,497 (29%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues	This measure issued a state bond of $50 million to construct buildings for institutions for care, support, instruction and training of wards of the State.	a	1,105,999 (73%)	398,811 (27%)

1922

See also: New York 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State judiciary	This amendment was related to increasing the salary of judges on the court of appeals.	d	572,502 (39%)	891,980 (61%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	819,628 (60%)	554,654 (40%)

1921

See also: New York 1921 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Veterans policy; Civil service	This amendment related to civil service preference for veterans.	d	699,697 (39%)	1,090,418 (61%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Salaries of government officials	This amendment would have increased the salaries of legislators.	d	556,560 (35%)	1,027,624 (65%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	This amendment was related to voting qualifications and literacy.	a	896,355 (59%)	632,144 (41%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	County and municipal governance	This amendment established "governing bodies in Nassau and Westchester counties."	a	655,506 (51%)	640,701 (49%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary	This amendment established "children courts and courts of domestic relations."	a	930,929 (63%)	537,610 (37%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Water	This amendment approved the disposition of a portion of the Erie canal.	a	800,487 (59%)	555,926 (41%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Water	This amendment approved the disposition of a portion of the Erie canal.	a	781,665 (59%)	552,994 (41%)

1920

See also: New York 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure amended sections 2, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of Article 7 of the state constitution. It was related to state indebtedness.	a	1,117,546 (64%)	630,265 (36%)

1919

See also: New York 1919 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Water	This amendment was related to drainage.	a	718,497 (55%)	590,235 (45%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Absentee and mail voting	This amendment was related to absentee voting.	a	791,860 (60%)	534,452 (40%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Salaries of government officials	This amendment would have increased the salary of the House speaker and legislators.	d	625,897 (48%)	680,945 (52%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	This amendment would have increased the salary of judges on the court of appeals.	d	608,244 (47%)	690,131 (53%)

1918

See also: New York 1918 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to the contraction of state debts.	a	780,099 (73%)	285,977 (27%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Public land policy	The measure allowed for the construction of a highway from Saranac Lake to Long Lake to Old Forge.	a	756,894 (69%)	337,257 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Water	This amendment authorizes "the sale or lease of a portion of the Erie Canal."	a	722,235 (70%)	310,992 (30%)

1917

See also: New York 1917 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	703,129 (54%)	600,776 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to the city debt limit.	a	591,728 (58%)	420,303 (42%)

1916

See also: New York 1916 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment would have called a constitutional convention to amend the constitution.	d	506,563 (43%)	658,269 (57%)
BI	Proposition 1	Bond issues; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This measure issued a $10 million bond for the acquisition of land for state park purposes.	a	653,129 (57%)	501,514 (43%)

1915

See also: New York 1915 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	553,348 (43%)	748,332 (57%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitution ratification	The measure would have authorized a new state constitution.	d	400,423 (31%)	910,462 (69%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to state debt.	d	430,423 (37%)	725,784 (63%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State legislatures measures	This amendment was related to legislative apportionment.	d	371,588 (29%)	891,337 (71%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Taxes		d	346,922 (27%)	924,571 (73%)

1914

See also: New York 1914 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to revise the constitution.	a	153,322 (50%)	151,969 (50%)

1913

See also: New York 1913 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Property	This amendment gives "compensation on private property taken for public use."	a	424,928 (61%)	270,467 (39%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Constitutional wording changes		a	510,914 (72%)	194,497 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary	This amendment increased the number of county judges.	a	389,971 (60%)	255,539 (40%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Water		a	486,264 (72%)	187,290 (28%)

1911

See also: New York 1911 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Salaries of government officials	This amendment would have increased the salaries of legislators.	d	262,490 (39%)	414,404 (61%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State judiciary	This amendment was related to "certain powers of justices of the appellate division."	d	267,194 (43%)	352,830 (57%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary	This amendment was related to "additional county judges for Kings county."	d	247,764 (41%)	360,859 (59%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Property		d	254,095 (42%)	357,881 (58%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Salaries of government officials	This amendment would have increased the salary of the governor.	d	252,791 (40%)	376,455 (60%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Administration of government		d	282,893 (47%)	324,465 (53%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Property	This amendment was related to "compensation of private property taken for public use."	d	274,846 (46%)	322,782 (54%)

1910

See also: New York 1910 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State judiciary	This amendment would have increased the salaries of judges.	d	332,300 (50%)	332,592 (50%)

1909

See also: New York 1909 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government		a	253,774 (53%)	223,331 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State judiciary; Salaries of government officials	This amendment was related to salaries of Supreme Court Justices.	a	278,415 (53%)	249,576 (47%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Administration of government	This amendment was related to the rate of interest on debts.	a	279,352 (56%)	216,541 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This amendment was related to "limiting indebtedness of cities."	a	290,795 (58%)	207,781 (42%)

1907

See also: New York 1907 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	352,905 (72%)	137,721 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Administration of government	a	309,159 (71%)	123,919 (29%)

1905

See also: New York 1905 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	363,117 (74%)	129,424 (26%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	307,768 (70%)	134,773 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary	a	297,893 (69%)	133,999 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Administration of government	a	338,570 (72%)	133,606 (28%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Transportation	a	383,188 (77%)	117,181 (23%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	293,552 (70%)	127,364 (30%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	State judiciary	a	288,227 (70%)	125,649 (30%)

1901

See also: New York 1901 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure amended section 18 of article 3 of the constitution.	a	354,881 (53%)	309,245 (47%)

1899

See also: New York 1899 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Administration of government	This measure amended section 26 of article 3 of the constitution on the boards of supervisors.	a	325,182 (69%)	144,667 (31%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "temporary designation of justices to the appellate division."	a	283,880 (67%)	137,408 (33%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	State judiciary		a	279,469 (68%)	132,064 (32%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	315,475 (68%)	145,450 (32%)

1896

See also: New York 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Forestry and timber	The measure would have allowed timber production on state lands.	d	321,486 (31%)	710,505 (69%)

1894

See also: New York 1894 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	The measure ratified the state's fourth constitution, the Constitution of 1894.	a	410,697 (56%)	327,402 (44%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State legislatures measures		a	404,335 (54%)	350,625 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Water		a	442,998 (57%)	327,645 (43%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	State judiciary	This amendment was related to county judges and court of sessions in Kings County.	a	391,350 (54%)	332,505 (46%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	State judiciary		a	395,233 (54%)	341,713 (46%)

1892

See also: New York 1892 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State legislatures measures	This amendment was related to the powers of both chambers of the legislature.	d	174,678 (49%)	180,030 (51%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	State judiciary		d	161,759 (45%)	198,110 (55%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Public land policy; Mineral resources		d	170,765 (50%)	171,442 (50%)

1888

See also: New York 1888 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This amendment was related to a proposed amendment to section 6, article 6 of the constitution.	a	498,114 (90%)	55,822 (10%)

1886

See also: New York 1886 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Proposed Amendment No. 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to revise and amend the constitution.	a	574,993 (95%)	30,766 (5%)

1884

See also: New York 1884 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This amendment was related to a proposed amendment to section 11, article 8 of the constitution.	a	499,661 (98%)	9,661 (2%)

1882

See also: New York 1882 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to section 3 of article 7 of the constitution.	a	486,105 (75%)	163,151 (25%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 6 of the constitution.	a	248,784 (77%)	75,644 (23%)

1880

See also: New York 1880 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to sections 12 and 13 of article 6 of the constitution.	a	221,903 (67%)	111,225 (33%)

1879

See also: New York 1879 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to section 6 of article 6 of the constitution.	a	95,331 (79%)	25,578 (21%)

1876

See also: New York 1876 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure related to an amendment to section 3 of article 5 of the constitution.	a	533,151 (87%)	81,832 (13%)
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to section 4 of article 5 of the constitution.	a	530,226 (87%)	80,358 (13%)

1874

See also: New York 1874 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 2 of the constitution.	a	357,635 (67%)	177,033 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to a new article 15 to the constitution.	a	351,693 (66%)	177,923 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to a new article 16 to the constitution.	a	446,883 (84%)	85,758 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to sections 1 through 8 of article 3 of the constitution.	a	325,904 (61%)	206,029 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to section 17 through 25 of article 3 of the constitution.	a	435,313 (82%)	98,050 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 4 of the constitution.	a	336,197 (63%)	196,125 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 7 of the constitution.	a	428,190 (80%)	104,139 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to sections 4 and 11 of article 8 of the constitution.	a	337,891 (63%)	194,234 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to section 10 of article 8 of the constitution.	a	336,237 (63%)	195,047 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 10 of the constitution.	a	335,548 (63%)	194,333 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Constitutional wording changes	This measure was related to an amendment to article 12 of the constitution.	a	352,514 (66%)	179,365 (34%)

1873

See also: New York 1873 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the appointment of judges from the court of appeals to the supreme court.	d	115,337 (26%)	319,979 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the appointment of county and city court judges.	d	110,725 (26%)	319,660 (74%)

1872

See also: New York 1872 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the commission of appeals.	a	176,038 (95%)	9,196 (5%)

1869

See also: New York 1869 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitution ratification	The measure would have authorized a new state constitution.	d	223,935 (44%)	290,456 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary		a	247,240 (51%)	240,442 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property; Taxes	This amendment was related to the "uniform rule of assessment and taxation of real and personal property."	d	183,812 (40%)	272,260 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property	This amendment was related to the "property qualification for colored men."	a	282,403 (53%)	249,802 (47%)

1866

See also: New York 1866 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Amendment 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to revise the constitution.	a	352,854 (58%)	256,364 (42%)

1864

See also: New York 1864 ballot measures

March 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Military service policy; Absentee and mail voting	This amendment extended the "right to vote to absent electors in military service."	a	258,795 (84%)	48,079 (16%)

1858

See also: New York 1858 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment would have called for a constitutional convention to revise the constitution.	d	135,166 (49%)	141,526 (51%)

1854

See also: New York 1854 ballot measures

February 15

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Contract Bidding for Canal Projects Amendment	Public works labor and contracting; Ports and harbors	a	185,771 (75%)	60,526 (25%)

1846

See also: New York 1846 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Repeal of Property Requirement for African Americans to Vote Amendment	Race and ethnicity issues; Race and suffrage	d	85,306 (28%)	223,834 (72%)
CCRCA	State Constitution of 1846 Measure	State constitution ratification	a	221,528 (71%)	92,436 (29%)

1845

See also: New York 1845 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property	This amendment repealed property qualifications for public officers.	a	114,900 (97%)	3,901 (3%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	This amendment was related to the "regulation of removal of judicial officers."	a	114,769 (97%)	3,689 (3%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to revise the constitution.	a	213,257 (86%)	33,860 (14%)

1839

See also: New York 1839 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government officials and elections	Provide for the annual election of city mayors	a	90,473 (100%)	382 (0%)

1835

See also: New York 1835 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This amendment was related to the "restoration of duties on salt and on goods sold at auction."	a	68,126 (89%)	8,675 (11%)

1833

See also: New York 1833 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This amendment reduced the duty on salt.	a	93,260 (92%)	7,865 (8%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government officials and elections	Require the mayor of New York City to be elected by the city's qualified voters annually	a	48,977 (96%)	1,936 (4%)

1826

See also: New York 1826 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive elections	This amendment was related to the election of justices of the peace.	a	122,098 (99%)	1,663 (1%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Suffrage	This amendment was related to the extension of elective franchise.	a	127,077 (98%)	3,215 (2%)

1822

See also: New York 1822 ballot measures

January 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitution ratification	The measure authorized the Constitution of 1821.	a	74,732 (64%)	41,402 (36%)

1821

See also: New York 1821 ballot measures

April 24

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitutional conventions	This amendment called for a constitutional convention to revise the constitution.	a	109,346 (76%)	34,901 (24%)

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