New York Amendment 8, Municipal Funding for Public Improvements Amendment (1983)

New York Amendment 8
Election date November 8, 1983
Topic Land use and development policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1983. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported authorizing local governments to carry out public improvements and redevelopment projects.

A “no” vote opposed authorizing local governments to carry out public improvements and redevelopment projects.

Election results

New York Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,387,876	55.89%
No		1,095,199	44.11%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment adding a new section 6 to Article XVI of the Constitution, authorizing county, city, town and village projects to undertake the development of public improvements or services in economically unproductive, blighted or deteriorated areas, be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1983 Measures

• 1983 Measures
• Land use and development policy on the ballot
• 1983 legislative sessions

New York

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• New York ballot measure laws

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments