101.   Joseph Gartlan Jr., the state senator who introduced the community-center bill, said he did not think he could gather enough votes to override a veto.

102.   Last year, the legislature came within one vote of overriding the veto.

103.   Last month, Gov. George Pataki vetoed the bill switching jurisdiction to the state board, but the state Legislature overrode his veto only a few days later.

104.   Lawmakers need two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress to override his veto.

105.   Lawmakers were confident they would override the veto.

106.   Local officials, at the risk of inviting more public scrutiny, could override that veto.

107.   Mayor Richard Riordan, who approved the expansion although the council lacked the votes to override a veto, continues to trust BFI, his spokesman Peter Hidalgo said.

108.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican, opposed the plan and would have vetoed it, but Vallone clearly had the votes to override a veto.

109.   Luetkenhaus said Carnahan also made a general comment about turning women against other lawmakers who voted to override his veto.

110.   Most of the Congress in failing to override the veto have conceded that.