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Meeting A United Senate?
June 12th, 2009

Gotham Gazette’s Jackie Pearce reports from 250 Broadway:

Senate Democrats came out of their meeting at 250 Broadway in the same fashion they went in an hour before: Saying nothing about the fate of their majority.

But they had no problem displaying a cohesive front.

“Our conference is very united,” reported Sen. Malcolm Smith, the disputed leader of both the (former) majority and the State Democrats.

“We’re a united conference doing the business of the people of the state of New York,” echoed Sen. John Sampson, who could be stepping in for Smith.

Smith did not respond to questions over whether or not he was still, in fact, the majority leader. Notably absent from the meeting was Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who supposedly will not rejoin the Democrats unless Smith is replaced.

Reporters noted only about 10 or 12 senators entered and exited the meeting, most of them from downstate.

Smith said they spoke mostly about the ongoing court case, concerning the legality of the Republican coup.

“The most important thing was we talked about the lawsuit and we gave everybody an update as to where we are,” said Smith. “We think we’re making good headway on the lawsuit. The opinions from the courts seem to be in our favor and hopefully we’ll know something by Monday.”

By Courtney Gross on June 12, 2009, 5:37 pm
In category: Albany, Electoral Politics, Eye on Albany, Gotham City, Governing, Law, nextNY | 1 Comment »

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One Response to “Meeting A United Senate?”

  1. Adam Says:
    June 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    It’s rather pathetic that the senate dems have lost their majority because they couldn’t manage their caucus. But I am happy to see the parliamentary system work. Perhaps we’ll end up with some real reform. It was sickening to see that Democrats wouldn’t even approach the Republicans for supportive votes on financing the MTA earlier this year. What is even more pathetic is how Malcolm Smith has sought to reverse parliamentary moves by going to the courts. Dysfunctional.

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