ALBANY — A deal for a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats to realign with the mainstream party in a majority coalition is in jeopardy of falling apart, sources say.
One of the breakaway Dems, Sen. David Valesky, groused Tuesday that two Democratic senators have broken the agreement.
He cited their continued support for Oliver Koppell, who is opposing Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein, the leader of the rebellious Independent Democratic Conference, in the party’s primary.
Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx) hasn’t pulled his backing of Koppell. Neither has Sen. Liz Krueger, who NY1 reported also donated to Koppell’s campaign.
“It’s hard to comprehend why there’s been a blatant violation” by members of the regular Democratic Conference when their leadership pledged that no one would support Koppell, Valesky said.
Mainline Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy insisted the conference itself is not supporting Koppell.
“We continue to have productive conversations with the (Independent Democratic Conference) leadership and members and we look forward to working together as a coalition next year,” he said.