ICYMI, my story from yesterday’s paper:
Recently arrested Sen. Malcolm Smith is now a man without a home at the Capitol.
Members of the Independent Democratic Conference that jointly runs the Senate with the GOP say Smith is no longer welcome to sit with them in their private caucuses.
“Malcolm will no longer be part of the conference,” one IDC source said.
Sources said they are in discussions about taking formal action to boot him from their ranks.
Smith was charged nearly two weeks ago with trying to buy his way on to the GOP line to take Mayor Bloomberg’s job.
IDC Leader Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) already has stripped Smith of his conference leadership post and committee and task force chairmanships. On Monday, he’ll also be kicked off the Senate Finance Committee, a source said.
Klein and the other three independent conference members originally broke ranks with the Democrats in 2011 after complaining the their conference was dysfunctional and corrupt.
