New York Amendment Number Seven: State Park Land (1973)

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The New York Amendment Number Seven: State Park Land, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 7, was on the ballot in New York on November 6, 1973, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.

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."[1]

Election results

New York Proposed Amendment No. 7 (1973)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes1,751,10257.68%
No1,284,58542.32%

Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

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  1. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS [Computer file]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00006.v1