Mondello Statement on State Senate Stalemate

As New Yorkers look for leadership and direction from their state government, Republicans are working for solutions rather than partisan politics.

Two weeks ago, Senate Republicans and some enlightened Democrats joined together in a bipartisan fashion to enact real tangible reforms.  Sadly, Democrat leaders have ignored the legal and binding votes to change the way government does business.  If the Democrat leaders have legitimate concerns beyond their own shallow quest to hang on to power, they should agree to binding arbitration by an impartial third party.

If they are unwilling to even take that step, they should agree to the fair, comprehensive and detailed power sharing operating proposal-wisely proposed by Senate Republicans– which would enable the Senate to function in an equitable fashion and do the people’s business.

The Senate Republicans continue to offer solution after solution, only to be stonewalled by the Senate Democrat leadership.

We are a nation at war and in the midst of an economic crisis, yet the only thing the Democrat leaders seem to care about are shameless publicity stunts and endless legal maneuvers to cling to power they have rightly lost.

It is past time for the Democrats to listen to the public, respond to the sensible proposals offered by the Republicans and get government back to work.