Some of the most intensive lobbying takes place between now and April, when the state budget is supposed to be completed. The tax break came through for corporations last year, he said, and now banks and property insurance companies want their share of the cut. How long it will take for that to come to fruition is unclear. Gov. George Pataki agreed in December to give Assembly members and senators a 38 percent pay hike, but as part of the deal, lawmakers' pay would be withheld until the state budget is approved as a way to get the plan done by its April 1 deadline. That means more pressure for lawmakers, and consequently for lobbyists as they try to get their dealing done.
Every day is different.
It's a lot of action.