New York S 3484: Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; repealer

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S03484 Summary:

BILL NOS03484 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A03778

&nbsp

SPONSORHELMING

&nbsp

COSPNSRBORRELLO, MURRAY, OBERACKER, O'MARA

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Ren Art 20 to be Art 21, add Art 20 §§1 - 8, Art 9 §4, Art 8 §§2-b & 2-c, Art 11, Art 19 §4, Art 5 §1, amd
Art 19 §2, rpld Art 11, Art 5 §1, Art 3 §6, Constn

&nbsp

Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam Region, the New York Region and the Montauk Region; provides regional governors and regional legislators; provides only for a state sales tax; divides various departments and agencies; provides for separate court systems and prison systems.

Go to top S03484 Actions:

BILL NOS03484 

&nbsp

01/27/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/28/2025TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/05/2025OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/03/2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Go to topS03484 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS03484 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS03484 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3484

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HELMING, BORRELLO, MURRAY, OBERACKER, O'MARA -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Judiciary

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing the addition of a new article 20 to the constitution, in
 relation to dividing New York state into three autonomous regions;
 proposing an amendment to article 8 of the constitution, in relation
 to local, school and special district budgets; proposing an amendment
 to article 9 of the constitution in relation to formation of new
 towns; proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 19 of the
 constitution, in relation to the constitutional convention; proposing
 an amendment to article 11 of the constitution, in relation to public
 education; proposing an amendment to article 19 of the constitution,
 in relation to limiting voting on a new constitution; proposing an
 amendment to article 5 of the constitution, in relation to officers
 and civil departments; repealing article 11 of the constitution relat-
 ing to education; repealing section 6 of article 3 of the constitution
 relating to the state legislature; and repealing section 1 of article
 5 of the constitution relating to officers and civil departments

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 20 of the
 2 constitution be renumbered article 21 and a new article 20 be added to
 3 read as follows:
 4 ARTICLE XX
 5 REGIONS

 6 Section 1. The state of New York shall be divided into three Regions:
 7 the New Amsterdam Region, the New York Region and the Montauk Region.
 8 (a) The New York Region shall consist of the counties of Bronx, Kings,
 9 New York, Queens and Richmond.
 10 (b) The New Amsterdam Region shall consist of the counties of Albany,
 11 Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango,
 12 Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin,
 13 Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Living-
 14 ston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89079-01-5

 S. 3484 2

 1 Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenec-
 2 tady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Sullivan,
 3 Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
 4 (c) The Montauk Region shall consist of the counties of Nassau,
 5 Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester.
 6 (d) Any new counties not listed shall be assigned by state law to the
 7 correct Region.
 8 (e) The New Amsterdam Regional capital shall be within Albany County
 9 unless the New Amsterdam Region by Regional law picks a different
 10 location. The New York Regional capital shall be within Richmond County
 11 unless the New York Region by Regional law picks a different location.
 12 The Montauk Regional capital shall be within Westchester County unless
 13 t