The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1917; and adjourned on May 10.

Bronx County—which had been part of New York County at the time of the previous apportionment and occupied roughly the area of four Assembly districts—was properly separated, and was apportioned eight seats.

[2] The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 31, 1917.

[5] On October 2, the State Senate rejected again the nomination of Perkins; and then confirmed the appointment of John Mitchell, Jacob Gould Schurman and Charles A. Wieting to the Food Control Commission.

Salvatore A. Cotillo, John Knight, Ross Graves and Leonard W. H. Gibbs changed from the Assembly to the Senate.