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So last time this story made the rounds, the legislature had passed the bill. Then the mayor signed it into law - but not before adding some legalese that roughly amounted to "just kidding lol". Afaik nobody could explain why it was legal for the mayor to add arbitrary language without legislative oversight. Has anyone dove in to figure out how that happened?

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https://youtu.be/pEZcRR61Bqg

Louis Rossmanns video on what happened. Basically amounts to adding a provision at the last minute when almost everyone in the house is on vacation

My understanding is the governor's signed it with an understanding that the legislator would immediately water it down.

Which is what happened

How can they make changes after he signed it though?

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[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul

I downvoted this comment. The person you’re replying to seems to be using gender-neutral pronouns in good faith, and I don’t think this comment contributes to the discussion.

No, it was fair. I used "they" to refer to the plural legislative body, and incorrectly used "he" to refer to the governor.

By passing a new law, termed a "chapter amendment". These are agreed upon by the governor and the legislature in advance of the governor's signature and passed and signed rapidly thereafter.

Do you have a link to the text of this 'chapter amendment'?

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/a1285 I believe it's actually already passed both the assembly + senate.

This appears to be a link to the bill, not to the 'chapter amendment' of the bill?

The name of the bill is misleading. This is separate from the bill that passed and was signed into law last year.

The first few lines of the text describe it as "...to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022... as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4104-A and A. 7006-B" (A4104A + A7006B are the bills/now law from last year)

According to the article, the state Senate has not approved the changes yet, so it is not yet law.

I think the article is incorrect on this point. The NY assembly and senate have both passed the bill that contains the changes: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/a1285 It hasn't yet been signed by the governor though.

I live in NY and actually reached out to both my state senator and assemblyperson multiple times in opposition to this follow up bill. I never received a substantive reply.

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