Spitzer meets with leaders

ALBANY - Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer on Monday pledged to work in “an open and transparent manner” with legislative leaders when he takes office in January but said he would take his case to voters if necessary.

On his first day back in Albany after a landslide election victory last week, Spitzer met with the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the Legislature. They said they would work to seek compromise and all expressed optimism that could be done.

“One thing this election stands for, I believe, is that the public will not tolerate stagnation, will not tolerate gridlock, will not tolerate the bickering that has all too often overtaken politics, not only here but across the nation,” Spitzer said.