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New York Constitution
Coverage of New York Constitution in the Nexus archive.
Bruce Blakemanperson1Zohran Mamdaniperson1New York Cityplace1taxpayer-funded city-owned grocery store plantopic1New York Court of Appealsorganization1Equal Rights Amendmenttopic1Robert Millerperson1Orlando Marrazzo Jr.person1Richard Montelioneperson1John Leventhalperson1mandatory retirement age lawtopic1
- Blakeman: I’ll use NY Constitution to block Mamdani’s Soviet-style supermarket plan
Bruce Blakeman, a gubernatorial candidate, aims to use a clause in the New York Constitution to block Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal for a taxpayer-funded, city-owned grocery store plan. The plan is described as a $70 million initiative.
- Giving up the gavel: New York upholds mandatory retirement age for judges
New York’s mandatory judicial retirement age at 70 remains in effect after the state’s highest court ruled that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) does not nullify the longstanding law. The court dismissed claims by three judges that the ERA’s age protections implicitly repealed the age limit, emphasizing that implied repeal is disfavored and the provisions can coexist.