ALBANY—It looks like David Paterson is determined to put same-sex marriage to a vote in the Senate, even if it means failure, because it will force lawmakers to go on the record. (This is not the tradition in Albany.)
The thing is, the failure of the legislation, if it comes to it, is Read More
ALBANY—After two weeks of public hemming and hawing on the issue of the M.T.A. bailout, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith will present a plan to members this afternoon to plug the M.T.A.'s deficit, sources say.
Sources involved in formulating plan with Senate leadership said that central staffers worked on the plan all weekend, and Read More
ALBANY—Where's Malcolm?
All eyes are on the State Senate—and Majority Leader Malcolm Smith—as the deadline to act on the MTA's deficit approaches. There don't seem to be enough votes in the chamber to pass the plan proposed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last week, yesterday which Republicans oppose because of a payroll tax, Read More
ALBANY—"It didn't take long for the Democrats to start fighting amongst themselves — hours, right?" said Justin Phillips, a professor of political science at Columbia University.
The Democrats hadn't even won the State Senate majority – an elusive prize they've sought for four decades – when the first split emerged. A so-called "gang of four" Read More
