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This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
New York City government's debt-incurring power, or general debt limit, is set in the New York State Constitution at 10 percent of the 5-year average of the full valuation of real estate located in the city. The City can incur contractual obligations for capital projects, or indebtedness, up to the limit.
The debt limit does not authorize new spending commitments. It simply allows the government to finance existing legal obligations that Congresses and presidents of both parties have made in the past. Failing to increase the debt limit would have catastrophic economic consequences.
14th Amendment - Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt | Constitution Center.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges or immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
By Earl M. Maltz. Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University - Camden. Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment vests Congress with the authority to adopt “appropriate” legislation to enforce the other parts of the Amendment—most notably, the provisions of Section One.
If passed, this referendum amends the New York State Constitution Art 1, Section 11: Equal Protection of Laws; Discrimination in Civil Rights Prohibited. The full text of the amendment is as follows: No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof.
Because of the Consumer Credit Fairness Act, which was enacted in 2021, the statute of limitations for most New York-based debt collections was reduced from six years to three years.