Senate Leaders Meet With Paterson
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In late afternoon meeting behind closed doors, Senate leaders met with Gov. David Paterson in hopes of trying to reach a compromise over their ongoing leadership fight.
They said there is progress, reports GNS reporter Heather Senison.
“We think the governor has brought us together,” said Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens.
But Democrats continued to talk about a short-term solution, while Republicans talk about a long-term deal through 2010.
“It’s clear the governor has a unique opportunity here to be in receipt within 10 minutes of a long-term agreement, a global agreement that would last through 2010,” said Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, who is sided with the Republicans.
“We’re going to provide that for him, he’s going to peruse it, review it and we’ll be back in here meeting and making progress tomorrow.”
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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. 
