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Is Business Back to Usual What We Really Want in Albany?
July 10th, 2009
The lead story in today’s New York Times is titled, “Albany Impasse Ends as Defector Rejoins Caucus.” The story describes the re-defection (defection back?) of Democratic State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. His original betrayal of the Democrats had directly led to an inability to form a quorum and the paralysis of the State Senate for more than a month.
He returned to the Democratic fold only because the Democrats and the Republicans were on the verge of finalizing a power-sharing arrangement that would have marginalized him. On another front, Governor Patterson had appointed a new Lieutenant Governor, Richard Ravitch, in an act of dubious constitutionality, to accomplish the same goal.
In my opinion, any student of state politics, and New York in particular, knows that our legislature has long been one of the most dysfunctional and corrupt in the nation. While there are many noble and knowledgeable elected officials — Richard Brodsky of Westchester comes to mind — their effectiveness is limited by the “three people in a room” syndrome. That is, the Governor, head of the Assembly, and head of the State Senate, meet together and finalize legislation with no amendments or sometimes even participation from any other elected official.
One can only hope that the recent debacle will lead to some real reform.
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