Adam Polaski  NY Marriage Vote Unlikely Tonight  Filed By Adam
Polaski | June 22, 2011 9:30 PM | comments  Filed in: Marriage
Equality, Politics Tags: Albany, Liz Benjamin, marriage
equality, Skelos  rings.jpgAfter another day of protesting and
campaigning in Albany from gay rights activists and opponents,
it's looking more and more like the vote on marriage equality
won't be happening tonight.  Liz Benjamin at Capital Tonight
reported at 7:00pm tonight that the vote more than likely would
not occur on Wednesday. She reported that final language must be
reached on several measures, including a property tax cap and
rent regulation bill.  She wrote:  In the Republican-led Senate,
lawmakers are meeting to discuss the Article X measure and
expect to take that measure up tonight. SUNY 2020, a plan that
would allow for indexed tuition increases, may also be taken up
tonight as well.  That makes it a virtual certainty that same-
sex marriage will not be voted on tonight or in the wee hours of
Thursday. A Senate offic