It's a coup or a coalition.

• Position: PEOPLE & POLITICS - New York's new Senate leadership - Brief article

IT'S A COUP OR A COALITION, depending on your perspective, but New York's new Senate leadership arrangement has taken a surprising turn. Democrats won control of the Senate in November by a three-seat margin, but they're in a functional minority. Six Democrats aligned with the Republicans in a power-sharing agreement that makes GOP Senator Dean Skelos and Democratic Senator Jeffrey Klein joint leaders, alternating as Senate president every two...