On Friday, New York City Councilman Oliver Koppell wrote an op - ed in the Norwood News asking New York Senate Co-Leader Jeffrey Klein to bring
Fair Elections legislation to the
floor for a
vote.
Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a
fair up - or - down
vote on the
floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform
votes from ever even coming to a
vote.