The New York legislature in Dem majority in both houses.

[Stinky The Clown]

Narrow 1 seat margin in the Senate.

Comfortable majority in the lower house.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Actually Republicans control the Senate because 1 Democrat votes with them...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Felder

[dalton99a]

4. Simcha Felder - he should be thrown out

[CincyDem]

8. He ran as a Dem and immediately switched parties. He's been reelected twice since then...

...so I think his constituents know what/who they're getting.

[sabbat hunter]

11. He still runs as a D

but then caucuses with the GOP.
The Democratic Party in NY should primary the shit out of him, get someone who actually supports our party's values, etc.

[Blue_true]

6. A special election three or four weeks ago evened it out.

Even with the renegade Dem siding with repukes.

[PoliticAverse]

9. Republicans still are in control...

From: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/384745-dems-win-majority-in-new-york-senate-but-wont-control-it

Democrats won special elections to fill two open state Senate seats in New York on Tuesday, giving the party a majority in the legislative chamber for the first time in years.

But, in an only-in-New-York twist of fate, Republicans will maintain control of the state Senate, at least through the end of the legislative session scheduled to conclude in June.

[Blue_true]

10. Ok. nt

[notdarkyet]

2. That's good. Maybe there is still hope.

[msongs]

3. your governor likes republicans running the show from what I read nt

[Stinky The Clown]

5. My governor IS a Republican. NY governor is a Democrat.

[Jim Lane]

12. New York governor is a NOMINAL Democrat.

If your only criterion is formal party identification, then, yes, Andrew Cuomo is a Democrat. So, for many years, was Strom Thurmond.

I'm not saying that Cuomo is as bad as Thurmond. I'm saying merely that formal party identification goes only so far.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Thanks, that makes me feel a tiny bit better.