Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno came under attack by Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith today. Smith asked Bruno to let go of the "Choppergate" investigations, in light of Friday’s report by the Albany County District Attorney that found no criminal wrongdoing in the governor's office.
When asked to respond to Smith’s plea to drop the investigations, Bruno responded later: "Malcolm Smith is a big dreamer. He keeps dreaming."
"He is welcome to his dreams, but his dreams next November will turn into nightmares, when this majority of Republicans is going to increase in membership. As nice a guy as Malcolm is, he’s going to stay the minority leader," Bruno said.
And Bruno then characterized his own statement as "very objective and very pragmatic."
In the Senate, Bruno holds a slim majority of 33 Republicans to 29 Democrats.
Melissa Mansfield