Skelos seeks to assure GOP's majority
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)
Despite its clear advantages heading into Election Day, the State Senate majority led by Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) came away with results so shaky that Skelos is left to give others verbal assurance that his majority will survive after New Year's.
Ordinarily, a winner would just let the numbers talk. But Skelos cannot do that, certainly not yet. His statewide conference currently holds...
