The New York state Senate got swept up in this year's Republican election wave, with 33 districts in their corner after the votes were counted.
The dean of central New York’s Senate delegation, state Sen. John DeFrancisco, said that’s good news.
On the flip side, it means difficulty for central New York's Democratic Assembly members to push through key agenda items, and reduces the influence of Sen. Dave Valesky, who DeFrancisco shares representation of Syracuse with.