The deal the Senate Republicans have with Governor Cuomo is still intact as Fred Dicker reports:
“Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is close to a “Faustian pact’’ with Democratic Gov. Cuomo to raise the state’s minimum wage to a national high of $15 an hour … A source close to Flanagan (R-Suffolk) said the deal would involve Cuomo agreeing to do “little if anything’’ to help Senate Democrats, now just one vote shy of a majority, win the upcoming April 19 special election to replace former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau), who was ousted in December after being convicted on corruption charges …”
The writing on the wall was evident a couple weeks ago when Republican Senators didn’t attend the state GOP convention in Buffalo.
Let’s see if this boosts chances of Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick or someone else primarying Flanagan this fall.