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Loading ...Renegade Dem flips back in NY Senate
07.09.2009 4:53pm EDT
(Albany) A dissident New York Democratic state senator is back with his party after helping lead the Republican-dominated coup that shut down New York’s Senate for more than a month.
Bronx Sen. Pedro Espada’s return gives Democrats a 32-30 majority for the first time since the June 8 coup.For more than a month, the Senate’s paralysis stalled action on mayoral control of New York City’s schools, taxing authority in some municipalities and economic development programs.
As part of the deal, Espada takes the title of Senate majority leader.
Espada’s move comes after Democratic Gov. David Paterson’s shocking decision to appoint a lieutenant governor to preside over the Senate, giving his party the upper hand in a chamber that’s been divided 31-31.
Pedro Espada is a crook and I as a Democrate don’t want that power grabbing bastard in my party. Dem. LGBT should put a target on that bastards ass and get him in the next election. He has single handly killed any hope of Same Sex marriage rights in our state.
Geez, Tim, tell us all how you much hate straight people and believe you’re entitled to special treatment because you’re neurotic. Why do you think the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted? What a psychopath………