AP Photo 8 months ago

New York State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, center, who was named Senate Majority leader after returning to the Democrat Coalition stands with Senate Democrats and speaks during a news conference after a special session of the New York State Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday,...

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx , who was named Senate Majority Leader ,center, talks to Senate members during an special session of the New York State Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, July 9, 2009. The Senate met briefly and passed some legislation.

AP Photo 8 months ago

New York State Sens. Malcom Smith, left, Bill Perkins, center, and Pedro Espada, Jr. , enjoy a laugh as Espada was named Senate Majority leader after returning to the Democrat Coalition during a news conference after a special session of the New York State Senate at the Capitol in...

AP Photo 8 months ago

New York State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, pushes past reporters prior to the start of a special session of the New York State Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, July 9, 2009.

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, talks with reporters in the hallway after an extraordinary session of the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Sunday, July 5, 2009. The Senate met briefly and passed no legislation.

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, left, and Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, wait for a Senate leadership negotiation meeting to begin in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. , Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Democrats did not attend the meeting. Espada is a dissident Democrat...

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, and Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, front, walk to a Senate leadership negotiation meeting in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. , Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Democrats did not attend the meeting.

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, speaks on the floor of the Senate as Republicans meet during an extraordinary session at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Monday, June 29, 2009. Senate Democrats and Republicans again held separate sessions and passed no legislation. Espada is a dissident...

AP Photo 8 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, sits in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , as Republicans hold session Friday, June 26, 2009. Espada is a dissident Democrat who has joined a Republican coalition.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, talks on a phone in the Senate chamber after session resumed at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Espada is one of two dissident Democrats who help Republicans retake the Senate.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, arrives to the Republican conference room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Espada is one of two dissident Democrats who helped Republicans retake the Senate on Monday.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, holds a key for the locked state Senate Chamber in Albany, N.Y. , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The coalition of Republicans and dissident Democrats failed to hold their session as promised, but say they still have their 32-vote majority and are courting as...

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, carries his grandson Pedro G. Espada, Jr. , in his Capitol office in Albany, N.Y. , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Espada said that he and fellow dissident Democrat Hiram Monserrate remain part of a coalition that helped Republicans regain control of the...

AP Photo 9 months ago

New York State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, and Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, speak with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The two took leadership of the Senate during a controversial vote on Monday.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, left, speaks while Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, listens in the Senate chamber after session resumed at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Monserrate and Espada are the two dissident Democrats who help Republicans retake the Senate.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, left, and Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, sit on mostly-empty Democratic side of the Senate chamber after session resumed at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Monserrate and Espada are the two dissident Democrats who help...

AP Photo 9 months ago

Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, left, and Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, take their seats in the Senate chamber after session resumed at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Monserrate and Espada are the two dissident Democrats who help Republicans retake the Senate.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, left, and Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, talk in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Thursday, June 11, 2009. Espada is one of two dissident Democrats who helped Republicans retake the chamber on Monday.

AP Photo 9 months ago

FILE--In this Jan. 7, 2009 file photo, Sen. Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn, left, Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. , D-Bronx, center, and Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. , D-Bronx, raise their hands together in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Espada and Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, joined Republicans...

AP Photo 9 months ago

State Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, left, and Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, talk to reporters in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , Monday, June 8, 2009. Republicans and two dissident Democrats appeared to have retaken control of New York's Senate on Monday after the...