Electing president by National Popular Vote a bad idea
Five other states have already signed on, including Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington. These five states represent 61 electoral votes, and Massachusetts brings that number up to 73.
IIRC, it flopped in the last session in Albany, NY.
I found 2ndDivisionVet's thread by searching for national popular vote as a keyword. It defaulted to a title search. I'll fix that with two keywords, the other being popular national vote. You have to eliminate one of the spaces to get it under the 20 character limit for keywords. I just tested it.
June 7, 2010 — The New York Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill (S2286A / A1580B), with over two-thirds of both political parties supporting the bill in a 52-7 roll call. The vote was 22-5 among Senate Republicans (with 3 not voting) and 30-2 among Senate Democrats. The bill now goes to the 150-member Assembly where it has 80 sponsors.