Gov. signs many bills, vetoes a few
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  Gov. David Paterson mixed in a few vetoes with approvals of dozens of new laws in recent days. These are some of the bills that he said no to:
  —A housing waiting list bill for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. It is unknown just how many people in this population are in need of affordable housing, and the legislation would have helped determine that.
  — A one-year waiver of the state registration fee for professional fundraisers who complete a class in the law and ethics of fundraising. The bill was vetoed last year by now-former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
  —Create a women’s rights history trail in the state to promote tourism and education about the involvement of New York women in securing the right to vote for their gender. The state’s historic landmarks related to this chapter in history include the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, the Elizabeth Stanton House in Seneca Falls and Carrie Chapman Catt’s home in New Rochelle.
  —Allow civil service employees who have a disability resulting from an on-the-job injury to take a leave of absence of up to 18 months.Â
  —Include employee discipline as a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment for the purpose of collective bargaining.
  —Permit volunteer firefighters to serve in more than one volunteer fire department at a time.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
