With a vote possible by midweek, Governor Andrew Cuomo has summoned elected officials, gay rights advocates and labor groups to the State Capitol building on Monday afternoon for a strategy session on how to pass a marriage equality bill through the New York state senate., reports the New York Times. Cuomo wants the vote before the legislative session ends on June 20th.
The meeting will try to determine whether Republican leaders like Dean G. Skelos, who control the Senate, will allow the vote to come to the floor, and, if they do, whether there is enough support to pass a bill. The Democrat-held State Assembly has passed marriage equality bills in previous years.