Mr. Silver has promised that after clearing out the bugs in his television broadcasts of this year's session, his chamber will be permanently on air for the next session beginning in January.
At the opening of the two hour session, the chamber was mostly filled with 100 children from two Bedford‐Stuyvesant public schools, ranging in age from 6 to 10, who were among community children who helped helped raise $7,000 for the tree's preservation.
In a highly unusual session, the chamber of filibusters and anonymous holds temporarily came back from its summer recess on Thursday to send a border security measure to President Obama's desk and to pass a resolution honoring former Senator Ted Stevens -- with only two senators present, Charles E. Schumer of New York and Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, both Democrats.
The subjects of these concentrated coaching sessions change: chamber music, piano concertos, art song interpretation and conducting have been prominent in recent years.
With less than five hours left in the lawmaking session, both chambers of the legislature passed a bill to require the state police to take DNA samples from anyone convicted of a felony, including those still in prison.
Series (Saturday performance) at 8 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 875-5656, nyphil.org; $20. (Schweitzer) ★ New York String Orchestra (Monday) The New York String Orchestra, founded in 1969, is a free-tuition, 10-day training seminar for musicians from the ages of 15 to 22, who are brought to New York for coaching sessions and chamber music workshops.
At a 5 p.m. study session in chambers before the meeting, Deputy Police Chief David McGill is expected to discuss the city's law enforcement presence on the Fourth of July.
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