SYRACUSE -- Senator Dave Valesky of the 49th District has a new role in the New York State Senate. Valesky is being promoted to Vice President pro tempore of the Senate, which is one of the more powerful and influential positions in the legislature.
Valesky and the new Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith recently met with Syracuse mayor Matt Driscoll to discuss the concerns of upstate. Valesky's promotion is seen as a means to assuage upstate constituants that they will continue to have a voice in legislative matters.
