Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state
legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.
At 2 p.m., Assembly members and state senators announce the details of the screening process to fill the state attorney general
vacancy, Hamilton Hearing Room B,
Legislative Office Building, Albany.
In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed,
at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's
legislative caucus to fill a leadership
vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.