Sources close to the Senate Democratic Caucus said that caucus leaders offered to hold a quick special session to pass the bill, but the governor declined.
Thousands of state workers would receive one-time retention bonuses and no longer earn the 3 percent annual raises they negotiated through collective bargaining, if a proposal amended in the Assembly on Thursday becomes law.
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