"Stench of Senate Slime"

An indignant New York Daily News is disappointed.

It's breathtaking how completely the state Senate Democrats have betrayed their vaunted promise to clean up Albany.

A mere 15 months after coming to power, the self-styled reformers who run the chamber are now stonewalling a major ongoing corruption investigation - and shaking down special interests for cash in a brazen move that's as close to extortion as you can get.