When state Sen. Craig Johnson (D-Port Washington) sought to push a pay-equity bill to the floor the other day, it set Republicans leaving the chamber so they wouldn't have to vote on a motion to petition, meaning they wouldn't have a potentially controversial vote recorded in the negative. The Times Union, which evidently had been told to turn off video in violation of the usual policy, did manage to record and show the empty GOP chairs. Parallel intramural fights to subvert are done by the Republicans in the Assembly, where the party is in the minority.
And you thought they were having a good time up there in Albany.
Here's the TU video:
Dan Janison