<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Democrats on Thursday said they regained control of the state Senate after the second of two party members who had defected to the Republicans rejoined the Democrats, ending a nearly five-week impasse that had frozen all legislation.</p><p>Democrats, who had won control of ...

<div><p>ALBANY (Reuters) - The New York state Senate's Republicans held a session on Thursday but could not enact any bills, as a leadership dispute with the Democrats showed no signs of letting up.</p><p>Democrats lost the first round in a court fight to block the GOP, who claim ...

<div id="subtitle">NY governor asks state senators to resolve power struggle, says he'll work with whoever wins</div><div><p>New York Gov. David Paterson called on state senators to resolve the power struggle that has roiled the Capitol since Monday, saying it has "humiliated the process, even by Albany ...