The coalition plans to push for similar legislation in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Morgenthau also plans to push for legislation to help immigrants, he said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I). plans to push for a standalone consumer agency.
Montefiore has housed only two patients, but it plans to push for more.
The coalition recently opened an office in New York City, where it plans to push for a bag ordinance.
Mayoral spokesman Pedro Ribeiro said it "sounds interesting" but Hizzoner has no immediate plans to push for a Bloombergian ban.
Mr. Cuomo insisted this week that he still plans to push for a higher state minimum wage but later in the session, perhaps by June.
But he already has plans to push for improving laws governing forced relocations of apartment dwellers, which is a lively topic in big cities.
With such an approach, Mr. Grundfest plans to push for more studies of stock trading data - analyzing what effect specific regulations have on actual prices of stocks.
As timing has it, Norton also plans to push for a floor vote on a bill granting statehood to the District.
He plans to push for a vote next week on another amendment, which would require immigrants here illegally to pay five years of federal back taxes before receiving legal status.
