Article: SENATOR VOWS: NO MORE BRUNOS ON STATE PAYROLL.(MAIN)

COLONIE While adamantly defending the state's hiring of three family members, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno insisted Thursday that there will be no more Brunos joining the public payroll.

``Absolutely, there's a perception problem. It's a serious problem and I understand and recognize that. . . . But I feel in my heart that my family should not be second-class citizens,'' Bruno told Times Union reporters and editors.

Since Gov. George Pataki took office and Bruno, a close ally, became the top Senate Republican in January, three Bruno family members have received state jobs. Bruno's son and son-in-law work for the Office of General Services; ...

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