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ALBANY — New Yorkers this November will be asked to consider a constitutional amendment years in the making — for the water they drink and for the air they breathe.
The amendment to Article 1 of the state Constitution has now passed both houses of the state Legislature in consecutive two-year sessions, a requirement of the constitutional amendment process that culminates in a public vote.
Concurrent Senate and Assembly bills proposing the amendment were passed in 2019, and were again passed in the Senate last month and the Assembly on Monday afternoon.
A singular sentence, proposed as Senate Bill 528 and Assembly Bill 1368, will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. ....

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