Please contact your town supervisor, village mayor, or city council-member and ask them to get their town board, village council or city council to pass a home-rule resolution in support of Autonomous Regions. We need to show there is written support for the Autonomous Regions from NY’s municipalities for our plan to happen. A home-rule resolution if the clerk transmits it to the local NYS Senators and Assembly members. A sample resolution is below.
SAMPLE HOME RULE RESOLUTION FOR CITIES, TOWNS OR VILLAGES
Dear Hon (Local official’s name)
In NYS under the home rule clause, NYS Senators and Assembly(wo)men are obliged to introduce a bill if a municipality in their district passes a home rule resolution; then the clerk sends a copy of the resolution AND the bill (Amendment) to their NY State legislators.
Please adopt the following home rule resolution. The proposed amendment would partition NYS into three Autonomous Regions; the amendment text and an outline that explains it can be found at this link. https://www.divideny.org/amendment.html A sample resolution is below:
“WHEREAS, the excessive amount of bureaucracy and regulations has stifled economic growth and impedes small business start-ups, expansion, and growth, thus adversely affecting the economic viability of many businesses in our [city, town, or village]; and
It is THEREFORE RESOLVED that the [board/council] of the [City/Town/Village] of ___[city/town/village name] __in the _ [county name]__County have adopted this home-rule resolution and request that our NYS legislators support an amendment (A04446/S4541) to the New York State Constitution to divide and partition our state into the Autonomous Regions of New Amsterdam, Montauk, and New York, with only a token state government. "
Sincerely,
(your name)
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Dear Hon (Local official’s name)
In NYS under the home rule clause, NYS Senators and Assembly(wo)men are obliged to introduce a bill if a municipality in their district passes a home rule resolution; then the clerk sends a copy of the resolution AND the bill (Amendment) to their NY State legislators.
Please adopt the following home rule resolution. The proposed amendment would partition NYS into three Autonomous Regions; the amendment text and an outline that explains it can be found at this link. https://www.divideny.org/amendment.html A sample resolution is below:
“WHEREAS, the excessive amount of bureaucracy and regulations has stifled economic growth and impedes small business start-ups, expansion, and growth, thus adversely affecting the economic viability of many businesses in our [city, town, or village]; and
It is THEREFORE RESOLVED that the [board/council] of the [City/Town/Village] of ___[city/town/village name] __in the _ [county name]__County have adopted this home-rule resolution and request that our NYS legislators support an amendment (A04446/S4541) to the New York State Constitution to divide and partition our state into the Autonomous Regions of New Amsterdam, Montauk, and New York, with only a token state government. "
Sincerely,
(your name)
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If you don't get a reply within a week please call them.
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