State Legislator Pushes for Constitutional Convention in NY

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Published September 8, 2009 at 8:38 AM EDT

By Karen DeWitt

Albany, NY – Events over the past couple of years in Albany, including the resignation of a governor and a month long coup in the State Senate, have led to a growing movement to hold a constitutional convention to remedy some of state government's ills. Karen DeWitt spoke to one legislator who's been spearheading the effort.

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