On Monday, progressives gathered to oppose having a constitutional convention, which will be decided in a vote on November 7. New Yorkers can choose if they want to have a constitutional convention every 20 years, and if they do delegates are selected to compile a list of proposed amendments to the state constitution. Environmental and labor activists fear that a constitutional convention would be an opportunity for billionaires to leverage their wealth to help choose the delegates and create policies. Liberal groups have already spent a million dollars in an effort to urge voters to vote against the convention, more money is expected expended in the week leading up to the Nov 7 vote.
See "Progressives urge "No" vote on constitutional convention", Rick Karlin and Mattthew Hamilton, Albany Times Union, October 31, 2017