They say that in Albany, everything is decided by “three men in a room” - the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader.
But Pedro Espada Jr., who is slated to become the senate majority leader, and the state’s most prominent Hispanic official, insists those days are over.
“Well, I am going to be in the room,” said Espada in his Soundview, Bronx office.
Espada is on his way to becoming the number two leader in the State Senate. He’s a member of the so-called “Gang of Three,” three Democrats who at first refused to back Democratic Senate leader Malcolm Smith and tip control towards the Republicans.
A deal brokered with Governor David Paterson and Smith now means the Democrats are taking over.
The lack of Hispanics in positions of power had been one of the chief complaints of the “Gang of Three.” Read more..
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