N.Y. Const. art. III, § 18: Extraordinary sessions of the legislature; power to convene on legislative initiative

§ 18. The members of the legislature shall be empowered, upon the

presentation to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of

the assembly of a petition signed by two-thirds of the members elected

to each house of the legislature, to convene the legislature on

extraordinary occasions to act upon the subjects enumerated in such

petition.