New York Civil Rights Law Article 2 - Bill of Rights

• 2 - Supreme Sovereignty in the People.
  No authority can, on any pretence whatsoever, be exercised over the citizens of this state, but such as is or shall be derived from and...
• 3 - Levying Taxes and Charges.
  No tax, duty, aid or imposition whatsoever, except such as may be laid by a law of the United States, can be taken or levied...
• 4 - Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
  A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be
• 5 - Military Service by Citizens.
  No citizen of this state can be constrained to arm himself, or to go out of this state, or to find soldiers or men of...
• 6 - Exemption From Military Service.
  All such inhabitants of this state of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, are to be...
• 7 - Quartering Soldiers.
  No soldier can in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in...
• 8 - Right of Search and Seizure.
  The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and...
• 9 - Freedom of Elections.
  All elections ought to be free; and no person by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume to disturb or hinder any citizen...
• 10 - Justice to Be Administered Without Favor and Speedily.
  Neither justice nor right should be sold to any person, nor denied, nor deferred; and writs and process ought to be granted freely and without...
• 11 - Fines Must Be Reasonable and Imposed Only for Cause.
  No citizen of this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and such fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the...
• 12 - Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.
  In all criminal prosecutions, the accused has a right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury, and is entitled to be informed...
• 13 - Right to Serve on Juries.
  No citizen of the state possessing all other qualifications which are or may be required or prescribed by law, shall be disqualified to serve as...
• 14 - Jurors Not to Be Questioned for Verdicts.
  A juror shall not be questioned, and is not subject to an action, or other liability civil or criminal, for a verdict rendered by him,...
• 15 - Right of Appeal Not to Be Denied.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, a citizen shall not be deprived of the right to appeal to the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019