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'''Government of New York (State) ''' == ==

New York's Legislative set up is no different than that of the remaining 50 states of the country. The New York State Legislature is bicameral and consists of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Assembly consists of 150 members; the Senate varies in its number of members, but currently has 63. The Assembly is headed by the Speaker; the Senate is headed by the President, a post held ex officio by the Lieutenant Governor, who only has a tie-breaking "casting vote", but more often it is presided over by the Temporary President or by a senator of the Majority Leader's choosing.

The Legislature is empowered to make laws, subject to the Governor's power to veto a bill. However, the veto may be overridden by the Legislature if there is a two-thirds majority in favor of overriding in each House. Furthermore, it has the power to propose amendments to the New York Constitution by a majority vote and then another majority vote following an election. If so proposed, the amendment becomes valid if agreed to by the voters at a referendum. The session laws are published in the official Laws of New York. The permanent laws of a general nature are codified in the Consolidated Laws of New York.

Committees
The New York State Senate has 32 standing committees, this ranks them second place to Mississippi which has 35. The Assembly on the second hand has 37 standing committees which compared to other houses of the nation is the 5th largest. Committees have legislative jurisdiction for the communities or agencies they represent. Committees are responsible for reviewing bills before deciding to report them to the voting floor.

There are 3 main types of committees: Standing committee, select or special, and joint. Then there's also subcommittees, task forces and caucuses.

Standing committees on the Assembly side includes: Aging, Agriculture, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse,Banks, Children and Families, Cities, Codes, Consumer Affairs and Protection, Corporations, Correction, Economic Development, Education, Election Law, Energy, Environmental Conservation, Ethics,Governmental Employees, Governmental Operations, Health, Housing, Insurance, Judiciary, Labor, Libraries and Education Technology, Local Governments, Mental Health, Oversight / Analysis and Investigation, Racing and Wagering, Real Property Taxation, Rules, Small Businesses, Social Services, Tourism/Parks/Arts and Sports Development, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and lastly the Ways and means committee.

Senate Standing Committees: Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC), Aging, Agriculture, Alcoholism And Substance Abuse, Banks, Budget And Revenues, Children And Families, Cities, Civil Service And Pensions, Codes, Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business, Consumer Protection, Corporations, Authorities And Commissions, Crime Victims, Crime And Correction, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation, Domestic Animal Welfare, Education, Elections, Energy And Telecommunication, Environmental Conservation, Ethics And Internal Governance, Finance, Health, Higher Education, Housing, Construction And Community Development, Insurance, Internet And Technology, Investigations And Government Operations, Judiciary, Labor, Legislative Commission On Rural Resources, Legislative Women's Caucus, Libraries, Local Government,Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities, New York City Education, Racing, Gaming And Wagering, Rules, Science, Technology, Incubation And Entrepreneurship, Social Services, State-Native American Relations, Task Force For Demographic Research And Reapportionment, The New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic And Asian Legislative Caucus, Transportation, Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs, Women's Issues.

Assembly Legislative Session
The New York State Assembly Legislative session is a cycle that takes place from the first month of the year up until a budget has been published by both houses. According to the New York State Legislative Calendar, session convenes January 9th throughout June 19th. Budget deadline is the last week of March, but historically it has dragged on 'til the month of August and can even surpass that if the Senate and the Assembly fails to compromise. During session both houses work both together and independently to introduce bills and propose changes or support for the Governor's executive budget.

During the legislative session for both houses (Senate and Assembly)


 * 1) Bills are Introduced  and voted on to become law or not
 * 2) Resolutions/Proclamations are adopted
 * 3) Changes to the Governors Executive Budget are proclaimed

Article Selection


 * 1) I would like to research the very "1st New York State Legislature" session. This is relevant to my field of study because currently I am an intern for the NYS Legislature. Working as a Legislative aide for an Assembly member for the 2019-2020 legislative session so I would like to learn more about how things were done back then so that I can effectively compare to how things are done now. 1st New York State Legislature  {the article I plan on writing on} {insert link of one scholarly source}
 * 2) For my second article I chose United States Congress, for similar reasons as above. {Insert Link of scholarly source
 * 3) NYS Politics. Politics of New York (state)

Scholarly sources


 * 1) Schneier, Edward V., et al. New York Politics : A Tale of Two States. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2010], 2010. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url= http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00007a&AN=sunyalb.001469132&site=eds-live&scope=site.
 * 2) Pecorella, Robert F., and Jeffrey M. Stonecash. Governing New York State. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012], 2012. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url= http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00007a&AN=sunyalb.001570043&site=eds-live&scope=site.
 * 3) Catanese, David. “A Queens Makeover.” U.S. News - The Report, July 2018, pp. 2–5. EBSCOhost, libproxy.albany.edu/login?url= http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN=130569285&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Out of all these 3 possible topics, I am most likely to work on the NYS Legislature one, because I am more competent in this area to be able to even write a piece from scratch instead of just adding to an already existing one. Yes, so overall after watching the Voice thread video I think My topic will be NYS Politics. Politics of New York (state) this article also has a flagged banner of some improvement that are needed so I see it fit, with some research and real like observation I can tidy this up.

(I exempt from putting explanation of notability as we determined that was pretty obvious via email)

(Also instead of putting 3 different scholarly sources when I know exactly which one I want you suggest I just find 3 sources for the one, so that's what I did)

Article Evaluation

For the purposes of this assignment, I have chosen to research Rhetoric, as I am a communications major.

Questions:


 * 1) Everything in the article is very well relevant to the topic
 * 2) The history of this article dates all the way back to the times of Aristotle and peers, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's outdated information
 * 3) The article has sections title "seventeenth century and eighteenth century" so what could be improved is possibly a section on the 19th, 20th and 21st century
 * 4) The article is very well neutral and well balanced, no sense of bias detected
 * 5) As far as citation there was a banner halfway through the article which stated that the specific section of the article additional citations for verification, but most of the citations came from other wikipedia main articles anyways so each one I clicked on took me to another wiki article. I was expecting something different like for it to take me to the actual website or academic journal or something . in the "Notes" sections i was able to find direct links to the sources though which was helpful. sources were credible
 * 6) On the talk page, they're debating what Rhetoric truly means and people are asking for permission to be able to add a desired source
 * talk page comment: this article could use a section about the 19th, 20th or 21st century rhetoric — Simonebedjean (talk) 00:55, 4 February 2019 (UTC)