July 29, 2010
Updated Jul 29, 2010 at 4:34 AM EST
Some State Senators blow off Governor Paterson's special session.
Paterson scheduled the session for Wednesday evening, but 9 Senators didn't show up, so the Senate didn't have enough votes to pass any bills. The session lasted just 4 minutes.
Paterson has called for another special session at 10:00am Thursday.
Two days of sessions costs taxpayers about $100,000, even if nothing is accomplished
If the senate doesn't reach a deal Thursday, Paterson says he'll continue to call lawmakers to Albany until they finalize the budget.
One of the 4 absent Republicans Wednesday night was George Winner of Elmira. The 5 Democrats missing were all from New York City.
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