N.Y. CVR Law § 3
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Levying taxes and charges
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§ 3. Levying taxes and charges. No tax, duty, aid or imposition\nwhatsoever, except such as may be laid by a law of the United States,\ncan be taken or levied within this state, without the grant and assent\nof the people of this state, by their representatives in senate and\nassembly; and no citizen of this state can be by any means compelled to\ncontribute to any gift, loan, tax, or other like charge, not laid or\nimposed by a law of the United States, or by the legislature of this\nstate.\n
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