Byline: JOHN AFFLECK - Associated Press
Keeping crime at the center of the political debate, Gov. Mario Cuomo on Friday ordered the Legislature to meet on Martin Luther King Day to consider gun control legislation and other anti-violence measures.
Cuomo previously had invited lawmakers to hold a session on the King holiday Monday, but Republicans who control the state Senate had refused. The Assembly's Democratic majority had agreed to meet.
With that, the Democratic governor turned to his rarely used constitutional power to order a special session. Cuomo can only make lawmakers meet; he cannot force them to vote on anything. Noting that, the …
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