ALBANY—Judge Thomas McNamara says he’d rather not get involved in a leadership dispute embroiling the New York State Senate, but will decide officially whether to hear the case on Monday.
“There are three co-equal branches of government,” he just said in Supreme Court after conferencing with attorneys for Republicans and Democrats over a suit filed Thursday by Democratic Leader Malcolm Smith. “The courts certainly do, on occasions that are appropriate, venture into other areas, but there’s a reluctance to do that. It would be in everyone’s best interest if the Senate, over the weekend, got together.”
“There will be people who are not going to be happy, but you really have to do this amongst yourselves,” he said.
