NYS Constitutional Convention Toolkit

• New York State Constitutional Convention Vote 2 Weeks away Activities detailed

  October 23, 2017: Two weeks from Tuesday will be a pivotal vote in New York State. The once every twenty year vote that decides whether to open the NYS constitution to unregulated changes that are largely controlled by political insiders. Given the national politic...Read more >

• New Siena Poll – Constitutional Convention Losing Ground

  October 09, 2017: By a narrow 44-39 percent margin, registered voters say they will vote ‘yes’ to support a Constitutional Convention on election day next month, down from 45-33 percent in September. While 44 percent say it’s a “once in a generation opportunit...Read more >

• Daily and Weekly Newspaper list for NYS For Op ed’s and Letters to the Editor

  September 27, 2017: Click here to get a list of NYS daily and weekly newspapers...Read more >

• Important Schedule of Walks AGAINST the Constitutional Convention

  September 16, 2017: IMPORTANT Walk Schedule in opposition to the Constitutional Convention A Pandora's box that puts Seniors at risk.  On September 23, join others that oppose the convening of a Constitutional Convention in New York State.  E mail  the event or...Read more >

• Break Up NY? There’s A Con Con For That. Some of the strange bedfellows pro con con forces include

  August 21, 2017: A group that wants to see New York state split into separate regions is backing a referendum this November in support of a constitutional convention. The group, Divide NYS Caucus, is backing the referendum with the hope the convention will lead to ch...Read more >

• Fred LeBrun: Constitutional convention is too risky – July 8, 2017 Editorial

  July 11, 2017: FRED LEBRUN  -  Consistently, polls have shown that an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers favor holding a constitutional convention to rewrite the state constitution, known affectionately as a con-con, even though just as many admi...Read more >

• Six (6) No Constitutional Convention social media posts for seniors

  July 01, 2017: 1)  Many reasons for seniors to vote no on Constitutional Convention The New York State Alliance for Retired Americans is urging seniors to vote NO on the proposal to hold a New York State Constitutional Convention that will be on this Novemberâ€...Read more >

• No Constitutional Convention Talking points for Seniors

  June 26, 2017: No ConCon Talking points for seniors Many reasons to vote NO on the proposal to hold a New York State Constitutional Convention that will be on this November’s ballot: Too costly – estimates vary from tens of millions to hundreds of milli...Read more >

• Constitutional Convention Sample Op Ed

  June 26, 2017: Con Con Sample Op-Ed Rights and protections for Senior Citizens at serious risk in a Constitutional Convention There are many reasons to be opposed to the Constitutional Convention proposal that will be on the ballot for New Yorkers this Novem...Read more >

• Why the Con Con is a Big Con especially for seniors

  May 26, 2017: This November New Yorkers will be asked to vote on whether we hold a convention to revise our state’s constitution. New York's seniors, as the most reliable section of the voting population, will have a great impact on whether or not a conventi...Read more >