Two veterans of the New York legislature, State Senator Neil Breslin (D-Delmar) and Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R-Schenectady), analyze the recent session, which many have viewed as a resurgence for a legislature considered the nation's most dysfunctional in recent years. 'A rising tide raises all boats,' says Breslin, 'and the rising tide was a competent, visionary governor who made us better.'