Paterson leaves marriage equality out of special session

Or... (4.00 / 2)

3.  He's planning to call another special session in the fall on this issue alone, or along with one or two other issues that he's leaving off the list for now.

I hope that's the case; this bill absolutely should not wait until next year.  Frankly, it shouldn't have to wait another three months.

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by: Dan Jacoby @ Sun Jun 21, 2009 at 23:30:26 PM UTC

Third Reason (4.00 / 1)

He's doing absolutely everything he can to destroy any chance he may have had to get elected.

It seems every time he inserts himself into something other than a staffer he makes things worse.  Not that the whole staffer deal works all that well for him anyway.

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by: Lead Dog @ Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 00:26:12 AM UTC

It's back on again ... I think (0.00 / 0)

According to the NY Times, Paterson said that "he would make sure that the State Senate votes on same sex-marriage legislation before it breaks for the summer."

We can only hope.

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by: Dan Jacoby @ Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 13:40:20 PM UTC

He's heard from constituents, and now Duane smartly says (0.00 / 0)

that there is a "zero" chance of his becoming part of a Republican-led majority. I would discount number 2. Although you never know, Paterson doesn't show much of a gift for politics.

And I would just like to point out that for a number of gays in Duane's district, repeal of vacancy decontrol was a higher priority than passage of marriage equality legislation.

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by: JohnS @ Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 14:20:47 PM UTC

The problem with repealing vacancy decontrol (0.00 / 0)

is that we know who butters Pedro's bread -- the same folks who butter Bruno's Skelos' bread too.

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by: Dan Jacoby @ Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 16:57:02 PM UTC

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Don't kid yourself, those same folks were buttering Dems' bread too (0.00 / 0)

In addition to Housing Committee anti-tenant chair Espada, in late May Tenants Groups had to target voters in the districts of Craig Johnson, Carl Kruger  and Jeff Klein (the Senate deputy majority leader) because of their squishiness on rent reform. We know Finance Committee chair Kruger's in the pocket of real estate, but particularly galling was Johnson, who got big support from unions and NYC tenants to win office.

It could have been done. There are GOPers  downstate (like Frank Padavan, a vacancy decontrol repeal co-sponsor I believe) with big voting blocs of renters who would likely have been allowed to vote yes on rent reform because they would have been toast otherwise. It would have been close, but it could have been done.

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by: JohnS @ Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 18:14:32 PM UTC

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