ALBANY - Legalizing marijuana in New York will have to wait until next year.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are set to end its annual legislation session this week without an agreement to make New York the 12th state to allow marijuana sales and possession.

Supporters scrambled in recent days to put together legislation that would satisfy undecided legislators, but the concerns were too great to reach consensus.

"Everyone who was opposed to it had a different reason," Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, said Wednesday.

"The two sponsors did everything possible to appease the concerns of members, and I’m sure they are going to continue to try to, but with each passing moment it gets harder and harder."

The legislative session was originally scheduled to end Wednesday, but is expected to extend to as long as Friday.

What happens now?

So before the session ends, lawmakers will now look to other issues to address marijuana use.

Some want bills to be passed that would expand the state's medical marijuana program and broaden rules to allow hemp to be grown for commercial use, as well as decriminalizing possession.

Cuomo urged the Legislature to adopt a bill to decriminalize marijuana in the waning days of their work in Albany.

Cuomo initially included legalizing marijuana in his budget proposal for the fiscal year that started April 1. But it fell out of the spending plan and was left to debate as the session ends.

"I said from the beginning of this session that I believed marijuana legalization had the best chance of being passed in this year's budget," the Democratic governor said in a statement. "Today, the Senate confirmed that it does not have the votes to move forward with legalization."

He said he would issue a message of necessity to bypass the three day waiting period for a bill to be voted on if lawmakers could agree to decriminalize possession of marijuana, saying he first proposed it in 2013.

"Communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long and it has to end," he continued.

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Can any marijuana deal be reached?

It is unclear, particularly in the state Senate, whether any bills pertaining to marijuana can be approved, despite Democrats controlling of all state government.

A review this month by the USA TODAY Network's Albany Bureau found the Democratic-led Senate was a few votes short to approve legalization of marijuana. The same concerns could extend to other pot proposals, particularly among suburban lawmakers in the Hudson Valley and Long Island who have expressed opposition.

Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, who sponsored the marijuana legalization bill, vowed to revisit the issue next year.

"You won’t be shocked to hear I’m very disappointed we weren’t able to get the full bill,” Krueger said. “I’m not giving up the fight. I’ve just run out of time for now.”

Lawmakers were divided over whether their communities would have to opt in or opt out of sales if the law was approved. They were also at odds over how the revenue for sales would be split and who would be able to sell marijuana.

Opponents hailed the gridlock. They have contended that legalizing marijuana would lead to more accidents on the roads and expand drug use among teens.

"Today New York legislators learned that commercializing marijuana brings along a host of significant health, safety and societal costs that result in no tax money and no social justice," the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana said.

"The predatory pot industry wanted legislators to believe that this was simple."

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Leaving Albany without a deal

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, said he would like lawmakers to at least decriminalize marijuana this year because arrests disproportionately impact minorities.

He also said the state should try to expunge the records of those arrested for possession of a small amount of marijuana.

"If we can’t come to an agreement on adult use, the very least we can do is make sure people who suffered under these laws that their records are expunged and they can get the stain off of their lives and get housing and get jobs," Heastie said.

Lawmakers said they will have to consider whether to approve parts of the proposal to legalize marijuana in a piecemeal fashion or wait until next year when the entire package could be revisited.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, D-Queens, said some lawmakers are concerned that accepting a marijuana compromise could harm efforts to fully legalize the drug in the future.

Gianaris said Senate Democrats are expected to discuss those concerns Wednesday evening and could pass the bills later in the night.

“If it’s the will of the conference, it is realistic to get it done,” Gianaris said. “We’re still trying to figure out a way forward on this to make some progress on this important issue moving forward.”

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