Last night I had the chance to chat with Marty Golden, a Republican state Senator from Brooklyn, who was attending a Republican fund-raiser on 14th Street.
I asked Golden about Michael Bloomberg’s assertion that the Senate Republican conference–where 28 of 32 members are from upstate outside the city–represent New York City’s interest better than the Senate Democratic conference (whose members are almost exclusively from New York City).
“Well, in turn you have a couple of powerful downstate Republicans who know how to sell the message,” Golden said. He added that people recognize the city’s importance, “even though they try to play that downstate-upstate mentality.”
