NY Senate Faction Vows to Return to Democrats
The leader of a faction of renegade Democrats in New York’s state Senate says his group wants to return to the Democratic fold, a move that would likely wrest Senate control away from Republicans.
Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein said Wednesday that the five members of his Independent Democratic Conference will work to form a new coalition with Democrats after the fall elections.
Klein’s group broke away from the main Democratic conference and two years ago joined with Senate Republicans to create a majority coalition and leave Democrats in the minority.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio helped pressure the faction to return. Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says a unified Democratic majority will make liberal priorities easier to pass.
Democrats already control the state Assembly.
This article appeared in print on page 5 of edition of Hamodia.
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