NY Const, art III, § 18 · Article III. Legislature
Extraordinary sessions of the legislature; power to convene on legislative initiative
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§ 18. The members of the legislature shall be empowered, upon the presentation to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of a petition signed by two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature, to convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions to act upon the subjects enumerated in such petition.
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