A day after being elected state Senate Majority Leader, John Flanagan outlined his plans for the rest of the legislative session. Zack Fink filed the following report.

After a flurry of interviews in the morning, John Flanagan spent part of the afternoon in the Senate chamber during his first full day as majority leader. He talked about his legislative priorities for the last six weeks of the session.

"I think we've been consistent," Flanagan said. "Anything we can do to create jobs, strong economic development, I think that's the most important thing we can concentrate on. Taxes, jobs, economic development, property taxes."

With all the corruption scandals in Albany this year, including the leaders in both houses facing federal charges, some believe not much will be accomplished in Albany before lawmakers adjourn next month. However, there are a number of issues that need to be resolved that are of particular importance to New York City. Both the rent stabilization laws and mayoral control of schools are up for renewal, and Republicans under Skelos, at least, had been unwilling to give Mayor Bill de Blasio what he wants.

"Let me be clear. I love the city of New York. It's an economic engine. It's the backbone of our economy here in the state of New York," Flanagan said. "So, what we do is important. Whether it's mayoral control or rent control. My assumption is that there will be an extender."

Flanagan declined to say how long those extenders should be for.

The new Senate majority leader also met briefly Monday with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who took over for Sheldon Silver. Both Flanagan and Heastie came in as replacements for leaders who were arrested.

"John was here in the Assembly for a couple of years when I first got elected. We've always gotten along well. I think we'll be fine moving forward," Heastie said. "But we did say I want to give him a chance, I remember how hectic it was in my first days, so I want to give him a chance, and then at some point, he and I will sit down to try to talk about the rest of the session."

Flanagan was able to secure enough votes within the Republican conference to win his position, but 14 other senators favored another candidate. Flanagan said he is putting that behind him and that he has great respect for all of his colleagues, even those who didn't support him.