NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Democrats on Thursday said they regained control of the state Senate after the second of two party members who had defected to the Republicans rejoined the Democrats, ending a nearly five-week impasse that had frozen all legislation. Democrats, who had won control of the Senate for the first time in 40 years in November only ...

ALBANY (Reuters) - The New York state Senate's Republicans held a session on Thursday but could not enact any bills, as a leadership dispute with the Democrats showed no signs of letting up. Democrats lost the first round in a court fight to block the GOP, who claim to have won leadership of the Senate after forcing a vote on ...

New York Gov. David Paterson called on state senators to resolve the power struggle that has roiled the Capitol since Monday, saying it has "humiliated the process, even by Albany standards." "This is getting a little ridiculous," Paterson said Wednesday as he pledged to ...