Malcolm Smith and David Paterson are pursuing parallel tracks for an M.T.A. deal.
Paterson’s secret plan, as we said yesterday, would reimburse school districts for what they pay in payroll tax monies.
Three of the four suburban holdout legislators are mulling the bill.
Andrew Cuomo is expanding his probe of pension fund abuse to other states.
In New York, he is subpoenaing the records of companies that won state contracts after dealing with uber-lobbyist Patricia Lynch.
Cuomo is not, however, looking at the lobbying firm of Wilson Elser, which held a fund-raiser for him last year.

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