New York Proposition Number One, State Environmental Preservation (1972)
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The New York Proposition Number One, State Environmental Preservation, also known as Proposition No. 1, was on the ballot in New York on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The referendum allowed for the creation of $1.15 billion in debt to focus on the preservation and restoration of the state's environment.[1]
Election results
| New York Proposition No. 1 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 3,137,048 | 66.99% | ||
| No | 1,545,795 | 33.01% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Proposition Number One (Chap. 658, Laws of 1972)-- authorizing the creation of a state debt in the amount of $1,150,000,000 to provide money for the preservation, enhancement, restoration and improvement of the quality of the state's environment.[2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Referenda and Primary Election Materials, Part 9: Referenda Elections for New York," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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