Chuck Schumer Calls On New York’s Breakaway Democrats To Rejoin The Mainstream Party Caucus

Currently, Democrats enjoy a 32–31 numerical majority in the state Senate, but a group of 9 Democrats have chosen to form a majority coalition with the Republicans. Eight Democrats are members of the Independent Democratic Conference, a caucus that has a power-sharing arrangement with the GOP, and a ninth lawmaker, Simcha Felder, caucuses with the GOP.

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