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Judge Rules, Inaction Continues
June 29th, 2009

Supreme Court Judge Joseph Teresi has ruled that Democratic and Republican senators must report together for session tomorrow at 10 a.m. Teresi rejected the daily separate sessions both sides have been holding. “To come into session as separate groups is a fiction,” said Teresi.

So everyone is going to get right back to work then and that is that–not quite.

Republicans plan to file an appeal of the ruling at 9 a.m. tomorrow, thereby freezing Teresi’s order. Democrats have yet to announce whether they will seek an appeal–they may be setting up to vilify the Republicans for their appeal instead.

So it seems senators may not report to do their jobs yet again. Who would have guessed?

Meanwhile, power-sharing negotiations have gotten nowhere. Both sides tried their best to throw each other in front of the bus that is the looming June 30 deadline for renewing  important pieces of legislation. Legislation scheduled to sunset tomorrow includes mayoral control of schools and measures to provide funding to municipalities across the state.

Democrats proposed holding a session at noon tomorrow if Republicans agree to their rules for a temporary power-sharing arrangement. Democrats put forward a slate of non-controversial legislation they feel must be acted on.

Absent from the slate is—who would have guessed it?–mayoral control of schools, as well as the sales tax increase the city needs to balance its budget.  Democratic leader Sen. John Sampson finds the Assembly’s version of mayoral control quite controversial, as Sampson would like to strip down the mayor’s authority. It’s not yet clear why the sales tax measure was not included.

What is and is not included on the list is very likely irrelevant as Republicans say they are not itnerested in a short-term agreement.

Republicans say negotiations for a long-term solution have been disrupted by a rotating cast of Democratic representatives. Sens. Malcolm Smith and Sampson were negotiating for the Democrat up until last week. Now Democrats are representated by a number of Sens., including Jeff Klein, Neil Breslin, Tom Duane, Martin Dilan and Diane Savino.

Let the blame game continue.

By David King on June 29, 2009, 5:13 pm
In category: Albany, Eye on Albany | 1 Comment »

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One Response to “Judge Rules, Inaction Continues”

  1. Arlene Herring Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am

    http://www.nysenate.gov/senators Twitter links to Senators.

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