New York Laws
Article 6 - Legislative Intent; Construction; Effective Date
59 - Time of Taking Effect.

ยง 59. Time of taking effect. This chapter shall take effect January
first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, in the event that the amendment of
the constitution of the state of New York proposing a new article nine,
in relation to a bill of rights and home rule powers for local
governments, shall have been approved and ratified by the people at the
general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred sixty-three.