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Again, no progress in Senate stalemate

ALBANY - No progress was reported Wednesday in breaking the State Senate deadlock as only one side showed up to a public negotiating session.

Pedro Espada Jr. (D-Bronx) and Dean Skelos (R- Rockville Centre), leaders of the June 8 coup that upended the Senate, took their seats around a table in a hearing room at noon. Seats for Democratic chiefs John Sampson of Brooklyn and Malcolm Smith of...

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