Skelos leadership deal keeps LI in the game
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)
Sen. Dean Skelos made a masterful deal to keep himself and Long Island's Republican Senate delegation in the game in Albany.
Instead of standing by while Democrats readied themselves to take over, Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) marbled together a mixture of Republicans and just enough renegade Democrats to seize control.
Wednesday, Skelos, in an interview with a Newsday reporter, called...
