Senate Democrats are now calling for a meeting with their Republican rivals as the chaos in Albany drags on without any resolution in sight.
The goal is to try to work out a power-sharing agreement now that each party has 31 seats.
The Democrats have suggested a daily rotation of Senate leadership — one day a Democrat rules and the next day a Republican. And so on and so on.
They’re also calling for a creation of a six-member, bi-partisan committee that would determine which bills would be considered, as well as a prohibition on anyone making a casting vote, otherwise known as a tie-breaker vote.
But the Republicans continue to say the leadership has already been determined, and enforced Tuesday when State Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara Tuesday refused to rule on the matter.
The Republicans held a 32-30 voting edge in the chamber after Democratic Senators Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada tried to form a bi-partisan coalition, but Monserrate returned, leaving a 31-31 voting stalemate that still lingers.
(Source: NBC New York)
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It might have been smarter for the Republicans to leave the Democrats fully in charge so they can blame them for the massive fiscal crash that is coming (to all the states, but New York will be among the worst hit).
Could the Dem’s new found eagerness to split the baby (leadership) be the result of their knowledge that it really is the Republicans’?