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Once allies on the ticket, Skelos, Paladino trade barbs

Tuesday February 12, 2013 2:47 PM By Yancey Roy

One is the top Republican in the state Legislature. The other was the party’s last gubernatorial candidate.

Yet there’s no love lost between Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino.

That much was reinforced Tuesday amid a rally led by Paladino to protest New York’s new, comprehensive gun law — which Skelos and seven other...

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