Matter of Astwood v. Cohen

Section 19-a of the City Home Buie Law is captioned “ Provisions for adoption of amendments.” It prescribes a procedure whereby “ a local law amending a city charter ” shall become operative if the law receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting thereon. (My emphasis.) The question made in this case is one as to the range of the direct local legislation thus, authorized. As read by this court, the above word “ amendments ” means in this connection no more than such changes in a city charter as are related to the existing charter text. For a number…