Matter of Finegan v. Cohen

Article XII, section 2, of the Constitution, known as the Home Rule provision, provides that the Legislature on a message from the Governor and by two-thirds vote of the members of each house may pass any law relating to the property, affairs or government of a city. By this method the Legislature amended or revised the charter of the city of New York. This it did in effect when it passed chapter 867 of the Laws of 1934, as amended by chapter 292 of the Laws of 1935, wherein it provided for the appointment of a Commission to prepare a new charter which would become effective upon submission…