Sentences with phrase «potential special legislative session»
Cuomo's office in recent days has been trying to resurrect a potential special legislative session that would pave the way for the first lawmaker pay raise since 1999, legislators on both sides of the aisle said.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Cuomo is backing the term limit amendment in addition to a constitutional change that would create a full - time Legislature, both of which he hopes will achieve first passage in a potential special session that could precede the first legislative pay hike since 1998.
Still, there have been suggestions that Mr. Cuomo's tactics — including a failed effort to force a special legislative session last month with a potential raise for lawmakers as a lure — are grating on some Democrats.