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In New Jersey, the secretary of state is in charge of enhancing and building awareness of ethnic diversity. Other duties include promoting volunteerism and literacy. [34] In New York, the secretary of state is charged with oversight of the state's thousands of cemeteries. [35]
Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code, which examines, files, and maintains numerous documents vital to business and state government including state and local laws, oaths of office, trademarks, certificates of incorporation, Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 financing statements, and the authentication of public ...
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....
The office of the secretary of state of New York was established in 1778, and is one of the oldest government agencies of the state of New York. Until 1822, the secretary of state was appointed by the Council of Appointment for an indefinite term, [ 6 ] but could be substituted at any time, especially if the majority party in the council changed.
The 2026 United States secretary of state elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the secretary of state of twenty-six U.S. states. The previous secretary of state elections for this group of states took place in 2022. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2024.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) reassured the state’s voters that the upcoming election is secure and that voters’ ballots will be counted. Raffensperger said that no matter ...
This category is for people who have held the office of Secretary of State in New York. Pages in category "Secretaries of state of New York (state)" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
New York also has various corporate entities that serve single purposes that are also local governments, such as school and fire districts as well as New York state public-benefit corporations, frequently known as authorities or development corporations. [20] New York has 62 counties, [22] [23] which are subdivided into 932 towns [19] and 62 ...