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Levy to file suit to determine State Senate leadership

ALBANY - Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced plans Thursday to ask a State Supreme Court judge to determine the leadership of the State Senate.

Citing the U.S. Supreme Court's determination of the 2000 presidential contest, Levy said a judge should rule on the validity of the June 8 vote that ousted Sen. Malcolm Smith (D- St. Albans) as majority leader and temporary Senate president....

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