An easy ride for Silver, but not Skelos

November 25, 2012 7:00 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos during a press conference where Councilman Eric Ulrich, right, got the endorsement of Plumbers Local No.1 and Steamfitters Local 638. (July 26, 2012)

Dan Janison

Melville. N.Y. Tuesday January 26, 2010. Daniel Janison,

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State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre)

Sen. Dean Skelos

Albany's top two legislators hold parallel posts, yet travel astoundingly different paths.

Consider the millions of dollars and deal making that it has taken for Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) to try to retain his majority by one or two seats out of 63 statewide. Mere months after Skelos controlled redistricting, Republicans lost ground on Election Day.

In dramatic...

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