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Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, elected Senate minority leader

Published: December 17, 2012 8:34 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

Andrea Stewart-Cousins, 35th Senatorial District

Photo credit: New York State Senate | Andrea Stewart-Cousins, 35th Senatorial District

Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers is the new minority leader of New York's state Senate.

She replaces Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn, who took over the fractious conference following a political coup staged by Republicans and a few dissident Democrats in 2009.

Stewart-Cousins takes the leadership Monday, at a time when a bipartisan majority will rule the Senate. Thirty-one Republicans...

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