N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 2
- Constitution
- Constitution of New York
- Text as of
- October 2026
What does this section say?
No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant-governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years next preceding the election a resident of this state.
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