Paterson Talks About MTA Compromise
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Gov. David Paterson today indicated he plans to reach out to legislative leaders on some “new ideas I have” on trying to reach an agreement to bail out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Paterson wouldn’t disclose the details of his latest pitch, but talked optimistically about trying to get a deal early next week.
“Hopefully that will end the process by the beginning of next week,” he said. “It all depends on the ability of the Legislature to come together right now and recognize that there has to be a compromise struck.”
Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, initially hoped to get an agreement this week, but he was unable to secure the 32 votes necessary to get a deal.
“The Senate is always open to discussions,” Smith spokesman Austin Shafran said when asked about the governor’s new proposal, which he said the Senate hasn’t seen.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
