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Jun 12, 2009 at 05:57 PM
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![hoto of the rather uncomfortable meeting yesterday between Sen. Malcolm Smith and the man who helped bump him from the majority leader/Senate president posts in Monday's coup, Sen. Hiram Monserrate. [photo credit Liz Benjiman NY Daily News]](http://www.vosizneias.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mnsd.jpg "mnsd")
hoto of the rather uncomfortable meeting yesterday between Sen. Malcolm Smith and the man who helped bump him from the majority leader/Senate president posts in Monday's coup, Sen. Hiram Monserrate. [photo credit Liz Benjiman NY Daily News]
Several Democratic senators emerging from a closed-door meeting in Manhattan gave vague, incomplete answers to questions of whether Sen. Malcolm Smith of Queens is stepping down or being replaced.
On Monday, two party members, Sens. Pedro Espada of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, joined with Republicans to form an insurgent coalition to seize control of the chamber.
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Their power play, which installed Espada as Senate president, faces court challenges. A judge promises to sort out the stalemate before lawmakers return to work Monday unless they resolve it first.
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