New York (State). Citizens' Committee on Reapportionment.

On June 15, 1964, the United States Supreme Court handed down several decisions declaring unconstitutional the apportionment plans in several states, including New York. In response, on July 12, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed a seven-member committee to study legal and governmental implications of certain questions relating to reapportionment in New York State.

Known as the Mulligan Committee for its chair, William Hughes Mulligan, the Committee studied such questions as: if reapportionment should be embodied in a constitutional amendment or statute; if a constitutional convention should be convened to consider a new reapportionment plan; how to measure population and whether a special census was needed; and whether to maintain or increase the length of term of legislators and the number of legislators.

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