 The lame-duck Legislature of 1964 met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany from December 15 to 31, 1964, to re-apportion the legislative districts for the election in November 1965, gerrymandering the districts according to the wishes of the Republican majority before the Democrats would take over the Legislature in January.The number of seats in the State Senate was increased to 65, and the number of seats in the Assembly to 165.County representation was abandoned in favor of population-proportional districts, and the new Assembly districts were numbered from 1 to 165.