The U.S. Department of Justice found fault with the congressional, senatorial and Assembly districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn under the apportionment of 1971, and ordered a revision to safeguard the rights of minorities.

[1] The legislature enacted an amendment to the 1971 apportionment, remapping the legislative districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, during a special session on May 29 and 30, 1974.

[3] Thus, under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow the One man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1971, and amended in 1974, by the legislature, 60 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms.

Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned without restrictions regarding county boundaries.

Of the seven women members of the previous legislature, State Senator Mary Anne Krupsak (Dem.

The legislature met for the first regular session (the 198th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 8, 1975; and adjourned sine die in the morning of July 12.

[7] On November 25, a help package worth $200 million was enacted to avert the financial breakdown of New York City.

[9] The legislature met for the second regular session (the 199th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1976;[10] and adjourned sine die in the morning of June 30.

[11] The legislature met for yet another special session at the State Capitol in Albany on August 4, 1976;[12] and adjourned sine die on the next day.