Constitution · New York

N.Y. Const. art. III, § 9

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Constitution of New York
Text as of
October 2026

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A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; shall choose its own officers; and the senate shall choose a temporary president and the assembly shall choose a speaker.

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