New York Amendment 6, Village Indebtedness for Low-Rent Housing Amendment (1949)

New York Amendment 6
Election date November 8, 1949
Topic Debt limits and Housing development funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1949. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing villages of 5,000 or more inhabitants certain powers of cities in relation to indebtedness for low rent housing.

A "no" vote opposed allowing villages of 5,000 or more inhabitants certain powers of cities in relation to indebtedness for low rent housing.

Election results

New York Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,441,214	69.67%
No		627,479	30.33%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment of article eighteen, section four, of the constitution, in relation to the power of certain villages to contract indebtedness for the purposes of low rent housing and slum clearance, be approved?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New York Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1949 Measures

• 1949 Measures
• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• Housing development funding on the ballot
• Debt limits on the ballot
• 1949 legislative sessions

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