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The month-long fight over the state Senate ended, sort of, this week with the Democrats regaining their majority.
Despite that, Malcolm Smith lost most of his Senate leadership, and the dispute has seriously damaged the Democratic brand in NY that was so strong a couple of years ago.
And a front-page Albany Times Union story today, headlined "Elite get fat pay hikes amid Senate stalemate," shows, in one way, why.
In short, Smith handed out five-figure, retroactive raises to several of his top staff, some of whom would certainly have lost their jobs had the Republicans' June 8 coup succeeded.
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