2015 New York Laws
LEG - Legislative
Article 2-A - (Legislative) PROCEDURE FOR CONVENING EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE BY PETITION
36 - Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature by petition.

 36. Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature by petition.
  a.  (1) The secretary or clerk of the initiating house, upon the receipt
  of the written request of any member or members elected thereto that the
  legislature be convened in extraordinary session and stating the subject
  matter sought to be acted upon, shall forthwith cause a petition  to  be
  served  personally  on,  or  sent  by  registered  mail,  return receipt
  requested, to each member of such house at his voting  address  or  such
  other address as he shall have designated therefor in writing.
(2)  Upon  timely return to the temporary president or speaker, as the
  case may be, of the signatures of two-thirds  of  the  members  of  such
  house,  the  respective  secretary  or  clerk shall forthwith transmit a
  certified copy of such  petition  to  the  secretary  or  clerk  of  the
  receiving house.
b.  The secretary or clerk of the receiving house, as the case may be,
  upon receipt of such certified copy of the petition from  the  secretary
  or  clerk  of  the  initiating house, shall forthwith cause a concurring
  petition to be served personally on, or sent by registered mail,  return
  receipt  requested, to each member of the receiving house, at his voting
  address or such other address as he shall have  designated  therefor  in
  writing.
c.  The  secretary  and  clerk,  upon  the  receipt of a joint written
  request by at least one member of each house  that  the  legislature  be
  convened  in extraordinary session and stating the subject matter sought
  to be acted upon, shall forthwith cause a joint petition  to  be  served
  personally  on, or sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to
  each member of both houses, at such  member's  voting  address  or  such
  other  address  as  he  shall  have  designated therefor in writing. The
  secretary or clerk, upon the receipt of such a  joint  written  request,
  shall forthwith transmit to the other such officer a copy thereof.
d.  No  signature  of any member upon any petition, joint petition, or
  concurring petition shall be effective unless received by the  temporary
  president  or the speaker, as the case may be, of the member's house, at
  the capitol, within twenty-one days of the date of service or mailing of
  such petition on or to such member.