New York's Broken Constitution

Preface

Introduction
Peter J. Galie and Gerald Benjamin

I. The Care and Maintenance of the State Constitution

1. Cleaning the Constitution Part I: Institutions and Rights
Peter J. Galie and Christopher Bopst

2. Cleaning the Constitution Part II: Public Policies
Peter J. Galie and Christopher Bopst

II. Institutions

3. New York State's Allegedly Unified Court System
Daniel L. Feldman and Marc C. Bloustein

4. These Seats May Not Be Saved: A Fair and Rule-Bound Legislative Reapportionment Process
Jeffrey Wice and Todd A. Breitbart

5. "Mixed Messages:" The Governor's Message of Necessity and the Legislative Process in New York
Peter J. Galie

6. "Mind the Gap": The Promise and Limits of Home Rule in New York
Richard Briffault

III. Policies

7. "Till Debt Do Us Part": The Opportunity for New York Finance Law to Enter the Twenty-First Century
Kenneth Bond

8. "The Gift That Keeps on Giving": New York's Approach to Gifts and Loans of Public Money and Credit
Christopher Bopst

9. "Forever Wild": The Treatment of Conservation and the Environment by the New York State Constitution
Paul Bray

10. Gaming the Constitution: Why New York's Constitutional Gambling Prohibition Does Not Prohibit Gambling
Gerald Benjamin

IV. Constitutional Change

11. "All or Nothing at All": Changing the Constitution-The Reform Dilemma
Gerald Benjamin

Coda. Should Voters Approve the 2017 Ballot Proposition Calling for a Constitutional Convention?

List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Index