STATE SENATORS IN DAY TWO OF SPECIAL SESSION by Ken Mahoney

STATE SENATORS IN DAY TWO OF SPECIAL SESSION by Ken Mahoney

It’s Day Two of the State Senate’s special summer session, and voters are hoping it’s more productive than Opening Day. Democrats and Republicans held simultaneous but separate sessions in the senate chamber yesterday. Rockland senator Thomas Morahan told WRCR this morning that each side made progress on a number of pending bills. But with the senate still deadlocked in a leadership dispute, nothing was brought before the full membership. Governor David Paterson is pressing for action on an agenda of what he considers key legislation. But, despite his power to call this special session, Paterson can’t compel the senators to vote. Meanwhile, leaders of both parties are reportedly weighing at least one proposal for a power-sharing agreement.