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STATE OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
Proclamation

Pursuant to the power vested in me by Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate of the State of New York in Extraordinary Session, at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, on the twenty fourth day of June, two thousand nine, at three o'clock, for the purpose of considering legislation with respect to:

(1) providing same-sex couples the same opportunity to enter into civil marriages as opposite-sex couples; . . .