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Once allies on the ticket, Skelos, Paladino trade barbs
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...