Legislature to move primaries off 9/11
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) talks to reporters after a news conference at the Capitol in Albany. (May 15, 2012). Credit: AP
The State Senate will agree with the Assembly to change this year's legislative primaries to Sept. 13, avoiding the 9/11 anniversary, Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) said Tuesday.
The primary traditionally is on the second Tuesday in September. This year, that would have meant holding votes on Sept. 11.
Skelos said he agreed to the change at the request of New York City firefighters and police.
The Assembly last week also called for moving the date. The two houses expect to pass a bill soon to effect the change.
The State Legislature took the same action in 2007.
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