If this indeed happens it will place NYS as a leader of an important, long delayed civil rights movement.

http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/836549.html

Paterson says gay marriage bill will pass in NY

The Associated Press, Updated: October 22, 2009, 10:47 PM

New York Gov. David Paterson says he expects to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law in the coming weeks.

Paterson says he expects the state Senate to give the measure final legislative approval in the coming weeks and then he will sign it. That would make New York the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Paterson's statements to the Empire State Pride Agenda fall dinner in Manhattan on Thursday come as advocates and sponsors of the bill in Albany have been quietly working to build support. The bill was blocked by a coup in the Senate in the final days of the regular session in June.

The Democrat-led Assembly has already passed the measure.

Paterson says he will place the bill on the agenda for a special session in the weeks ahead.