Friday, July 24, 2009

Gotham: Diaz, Monserrate walk out of control talks, but “it’s a done deal”

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July 24, 2009

Diaz, Monserrate walk out of control talks, but “it’s a done deal”

Sens. Ruben Diaz Sr. and Hiram Monserrate walked out of Senate talks about school governance this afternoon, but they signaled that their disagreement with the Democratic leadership wouldn’t kill a mayoral control deal reached with the Bloomberg administration yesterday, Anna Phillips reports from outside the Lower Manhattan building where the talks are happening.

“It’s a done deal, but we’re not all in agreement,” Diaz said in Spanish to a group of reporters. “The four amigos are divided today.”

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Ed Note:

Videos of what they said at the press conf yesterday will be up later. Compare what they said yesterday with today.

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