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Assemblyman David G. McDonough, R-Merrick, speaks in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Todd Kaminsky, D-Long Beach, left, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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John Gromada of Nyack, N.Y., and members of the Rockland Citizens Action Network stage a jazz funeral for the death of progressive legislation at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 24, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Timothy Kennedy, D-Buffalo, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Barbara Cohig of Nyack, N.Y., and members of the Rockland Citizens Action Network, stages a jazz funeral for the death of progressive legislation at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 24, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assemblyman Dov Hikind, D-Brooklyn, waits for session to begin at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Senate Democratic conference leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, stands in her office doorway at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Sen. Michael Gianaris, D-Queens, works in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Lobbyists and people wait outside the Senate Chamber as legislators work in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, D-Rochester, works in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assemblymen Tom Abinanti, D-Greenburgh rubs his eyes while working in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Senators work In the Senate chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, left, sits with newly confirmed Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, and his husband Robert Ostergaard, right, in the Senate gallery after being confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, left, stands with newly confirmed Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, and his husband Robert Ostergaard, right, in the Senate gallery after being confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Friends and family applaud as New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, is confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, left, speaks with New York Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle as legislative leaders work on the state budget at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, looks on as members speak about passing an emergency budget extension in place of the state budget, in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assemblyman Andy Goodell, R-Jamestown, explains his vote against passing a emergency budget extension in place of the state budget in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assemblyman Charles Barron, D-Brooklyn, speaks against passing a emergency budget extension in place of the state budget in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, R-Troy, explains his vote against passing an emergency budget extension in place of the state budget in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)