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Why did massechusets and new york choose a bicameral legislature?
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∙ 12y ago
to balance powers between common people and wealthy people
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Why did New York and Massachusetts and New York choose a bicameral legislature?
NovaNet- to balance powers between common people and wealthy people
Why did Massachusetts and New York choose bicameral legislature?
NovaNet- to balance powers between common people and wealthy people
New York's legislature?
Considered a bicameral legislature, the State's Constitution makes no such provision but does call for a 150 member New York State Assembly and a 62 member New York State Senate.
What bodies make up new york legislature?
"The New York State Legislature is a bicameral legislature, including the Senate with 62 senators elected every two years from 62 Senate districts and the Assembly, with 150 assemblymen elected every two years from 150 Assembly districts."(from their website)
Why did Massachusetts and new York choose a bicameral?
NovaNet- to balance powers between common people and wealthy people
What kind of legislative system does the state of New York have?
A bicameral system
What are the 2 parts of the New York legislature?
The State Senate is the "upper house" of the New York State Legislature and the State Assembly is the "lower house".
How was the legislature elected in colonial New York State and how much authority was the legislature given?
Voters elected the legislature, and i am not sure how much authority he was given.
What did the new york state constitution of 1777 do?
the new york state constitution of 1777 had the following outcomes: It called for a weak bicameral legislature and a strong executive branch. It retained provisions from the colonial charter such as the substantial property qualification for voting and the ability of the governor to prorogue the legislature. This imbalance of power between the branches of state government kept the elite firmly in control, and disenfranchised most New Yorkers who were fighting the Revolutionary War.
In 1767 parliament passed an act suspendding which colonial legislature?
new york
Who is a New York State Assembly person?
A member of the lower house of the New York State Legislature.
Why is the legal age of consent 17 in New York?
Because that's what the new York legislature decided.
