Around 9am, this just in at Daily News blog:
…Attorneys representing the apparently deposed majority leader [Malcolm Smith] are right now in court in Troy, according to Smith spokesman Austin Shafran with whom I spoke very briefly this morning…
…Apparently, what the Democrats are seeking is for a judge to declare that Smith is still the majority leader, which could be tricky given the whole separation of powers thing that generally makes the courts leery of interfering in legislative power struggles…
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Previous, 8:30am post:
Not much to report this morning. Except a rumor that this thing may be over in 24 hours…
A great recap with rumors and some new information at the Times Union: “Senate circus awaits last act”.
Elizabeth Benjamin’s News of the Day on the coup and other NY politics: here.
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