CALL THE ROLL: Yonkers' Democratic Conference Leader.Andrea Stewart - Cousins Gets Called Out By Bronx Senator Jeff Klein

BRONX BEAT DOWN: Jeffrey D. Klein heads the Independent Democratic Conference, which also includes David J. Valesky, David Carlucci, Diane Savino, Tony Avella, Jose Peralta, Jesse Hamilton, and Marisol Alcantara tell Andrea Stewart - Cousins to put up or shut up.

Democrats lost control of the State Senate in the November 2010 elections, and removed Klein from his role as their chief election strategist.

In 2011, Klein resigned as the Democrats' deputy leader and formed the IDC with Valesky, Carlucci, and Savino. Democrats gained the majority of seats in the November 2016 elections, but in light of the increasingly-progressive lean of the Democratic conference, the IDC formed a coalition to keep Republicans in control of the Senate.

Brooklyn Senator Simcha Felder, who is not a member of the IDC, conferences with the Republicans, giving the Republican Party the majority and outright control of the chamber.

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