Strange Bedfellows. A GOP Senator is aligning with Hochul. Anthony Palumbo of Suffolk County has filed suit in Supreme Court looking to force a floor vote on the Hector LaSalle nomination. The Senate Judiciary Committee last month voted down his nod. The Democratic controlled body rejected the jurist appointment for the first time in state history. The Governor in response hired legal counsel to pursue the matter in the courts. Now Hochul does not need to challenge members of her own party. She can sit back and let Palumbo do her dirty work. Strange Bedfellows. This marks an unlikely alliance with Republicans to take on the progressive Democrats !!