This is Great News For Republicans

...and Democrats, and Independents, and New Yorkers in general.

Bruno to Step Down as New York Senate Majority Leader

It is not clear whether [Bruno] would remain Senate majority leader as the Republicans struggle to hold on to their one-seat majority in the November election....

“His resignation I think will have an effect on their ability to hold onto their majority,’ said Michael Benjamin, a Democratic assemblyman from the South Bronx. “He was the center. And when the center falls, everything falls apart.

Now if we could just get rid of Sheldon Silver.

Hey! We can!

New York politics 2008: never a dull moment.