Article 3, Section 7 of the New York Constitution states: [2] “ No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the ...

Proposition 36 would reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies. The measure would also create a new category of crime — a “treatment-mandated felony.” People who don’t contest the ...