
    Dean G. Skelos et al., as Duly Elected Members of the New York State Senate, Respondents, v David Paterson, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Appellants.
    Submitted September 8, 2009;
    decided September 15, 2009
    Reported below, 65 AD3d 339.
   Motion by Gerald Benjamin et al. for leave to appear amici curiae on the appeal herein granted only to the extent that the proposed brief is accepted as filed.  