One of the three dissident senators who has challenged Queens Senator Malcolm Smith’s move to become Democratic majority leader, says that he’ll now challenge Governor Paterson’s plans for budget cuts. Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Senior says he represents the poorest district in the senate, and it would bear an unfair impact of those cuts.
DIAZ: The governor refused to tax the rich, but he wants to cut the services of the poor. We have always been criticizing the Republicans for doing exactly that. Read more..









