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Since we last checked in with the coup-coup State Senate, here's what's been happening:
Photograph of Republican State Senators leaving the chamber by Tim Roske/AP
- There are apparently different power-sharing proposals. Here they are, but the big difference is that the Democrats want to have co-President Pro Tempores of the Senate while the Republicans are happy to just have one—Pedro Espada Jr.
- The state is (finally!) withholding Senators' paychecks. According to the Daily News, "Wednesday is the first payday since the order. Payroll for 62 senators amounts to some $190,000 - or $3,049 per senator, every two weeks."
- The Four Amigos—State Senators Pedro Espada Jr., Ruben Diaz Sr., Hiram Monserrate and Carl Kruger—claim tomorrow is D-Day, as in the day for the stalemate to end, with Diaz Sr. saying, "One way or another, this has to end. Too much circus, too much travesty, too much abuse of the people of the state of New York."
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When does someone in Hollywood make this a soap opera???
Withholding pay isn't enough.
Payroll issued for time not spent working should be canceled and returned to the state.
of course tomorrow is d-day. They won't be getting paid
"The state is (finally!) withholding Senators' paychecks."
hallelujah!
Four amigos
Hopefully they will all share a jail cell in the next year
they make 16,000 more than US Senators? how is that justified?
Losing money isn't an option, this will be resolved before any money is withheld.
Espada is a scumbag.