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City Bar Task Force to Study Constitutional Convention (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, October 14, 2015
City Bar Task Force to Study Constitutional Convention
The New York City Bar Association has formed a task force to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of convening a state constitutional convention. In 1977 and 1997, voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to hold a convention. Article XIX, Section 2 of the New York Constitution has required a referendum vote every 20 years since 1957 on whether a constitutional convention should be held. Conventions are empowered to recommend wholesale amendments to the constitution, which then must also be approved by voters. The 27-member city bar task force will be chaired by Proskauer Rose partner Margaret Dale and Michael Sonberg, a Criminal Court judge and acting Supreme Court justice in Manhattan.”
