Albany: Get it Together

Is the pandemonium in Albany really still going on? For those of you sidetracked by compiling your Jackson playlists, our beloved state senate has been deadlocked for the past couple weeks in an episode that's more reminiscent of 8-year-olds playing Red Rover than adults governing a state of 19+ million.

Two senators suddenly switched parties on June 8. Shame, shame, shame on Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens -- clearly these two are more interested in their own power politics than governing what are undoubtedly very Dem districts.

Now nobody can get anything accomplished. From budgets to education, things are a mess and Paterson's charisma can't save us now. As Marty Markowitz suggested the other night at the Kings County Dems dinner, Albany could use a real leader to get this taken care of. But then, talk is easy. Aisle-reaching, not so much.