NY Const, art XIII, § 5 · Article XIII. Public Officers
Removal from office for misconduct
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§ 5. Provision shall be made by law for the removal for misconduct or malversation in office of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not local or legislative and who shall be elected at general elections, and also for supplying vacancies created by such removal.
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/CNSA13S5
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