N.Y. Senate Rules Rule 9, § 5: Substitution

§ 5. Substitution. When a bill is received as a message from the

Assembly, or at any time thereafter, and a Senate bill, identical

therewith, is on the order of third reading, or in the order of first or

second report, the Assembly bill may be substituted for the Senate bill

upon a vote of a majority of the Senate. A motion for such substitution

shall be in order under the order of business of messages from the

Assembly, motions and resolutions, or the order of business in which the

Senate bill is.