I just got a press release from Jimmy Dahroug, worth passing on, because it highlights the problems created by the antediluvian republican Senate majority. Jimmy writes to Caesar Trunzo (named, presumably, after Julius, and perhaps born during the latter's first term in office as Consul of Rome), calling for Trunzo to dump Joe Bruno:

Senator Trunzo: I am writing to ask that you vote to replace Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno with a new Temporary Senate President until Mr. Bruno's FBI investigation is resolved. I understand your friendship and working relationship with Mr. Bruno. At the same time, the interest of our state's residents and a commitment to good government is what takes priority. It should go without saying that someone is innocent until proven guilty. Yet the appearance of impropriety that an FBI investigation raises about one of our state's top elected officials cannot be taken lightly. It is not unreasonable, or for that matter unfair to Mr. Bruno, to ask that a new leader is elected until this matter is resolved. Sincerely, Jimmy Dahroug

This could be dismissed as a stunt, but the larger principle behind it shouldn't be. Bruno's party is clinging to office despite having lost the popular vote. At the very least, the Senate majority owes the 51.1% of New Yorkers who voted for a Democratic Senate the simple assurance that its leader isn't, you know, under FBI investigation.