Senator Ruben Diaz challenges Mayor Bloomberg bribes
With word at the Capitol being that same-sex marriage legislation may be on hold until next week, state Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. -- one of the measure's most vocal opponents -- is going after Mayor Bloomberg for supporting the bill. State Senate GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos just said there is no decision to bring gay marriage out for a vote, our Glenn Blain told me. Skelos said they were still deliberating the religious exemption issue and working on changes to the bill. Staffs will continue to work on the issue during the weekend but since Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be observing the Sabbath, not much official can be done until Sunday. Meanwhile, the Rev. Diaz, who's taken plenty of heat from gay rights activists for his opposition to letting gays wed in New York , is calling out Bloomberg for hypocrisy. "Bloomberg has been spending a lot of time and money in Albany to show how much he wants New York’s marriage laws redefined. If we want to documen...