The state Senate really wants to get down to working on the people's business, but they have something they need to discuss first. Namely, where everyone is supposed to sit. LoHud explains that "the four-member independent Democratic conference led by Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx, was given preferential seating by the Republican conference." Which, according to Sen. Eric Adams, means that Republicans discriminated against black and female senators by giving them bad seats and rooms. The fighting starts around 38:30, and goes on for way longer than it should:
Adams got particularly heated about the issue, saying senate veterans now have "freshman members who are picking rooms before them, who are knowing more about what's going to happen to their lives....we thought there was a level of decorum." He also said the senators now have to play "political musical chairs" every time they meet. And with such important issues at hand who has time to balance the budget? When the freshman are out there telling the senior senators where to sit it's time to just shut down and start over. Or call the principal.
