The first New York Constitution was adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New-York on April 20, 1777. A second constitution was adopted in 1821, a third in 1846, a fourth in 1894 and a fifth in 1938. Since 1938, the constitution has been amended several times.
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The First New York State Constitution (1777) Courtesy of New York State Library |
The First New York State Constitution Original (1777) Courtesy of New York State Library |
The New York Bill of Rights (1787)
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The New York State Library’s website features two invaluable resources on New York’s constitutional history: Charles Z. Lincoln’s The Constitutional History of New York and the NYS Constitutional Convention Reports of 1938, also known as the Poletti Reports. Read more at New York State Constitutional Conventions and Constitutional History.