The unions that last month successfully lobbied the New York State Senate and Assembly to designate New York State's 911 operators as first responders are now gearing up their campaign to convince Gov. Cuomo to sign the landmark legislation so it can become law.
"Every group that puts a bill in I tell them after it passes the legislature, their job is to get the Governor to sign the bill, so the more people who write letters or speak to the Governor's staff, that's important," said Assembly Member Peter Abbate, chair of the Committee of Governmental Employees, who was one of the bill's prime sponsors.
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