ALBANY—David Paterson said he is calling an extraordinary session on both days this weekend, and, in what is becoming a daily event, held a raging press conference in the Red Room where he said he has issued a memo to halt the payment of member items from the still-hobbled State Senate and that he will seek a court order compelling senators to come into the chamber together.
Noting that neither bi-furcated session of recent days has had a quorum of 32 members (no quorum was called), Paterson today said that “technically” the Senate has not been in session.
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