Democratic and Republican state senators have left Albany for the weekend without any progress over leadership and just one day left in regular session.

The Senate’s session is set to end Monday, but Democratic leaders say no agreement was struck during a private meeting yesterday with members of the Republican-led coalition.

As a result, senators from both parties have returned to their home districts for the weekend.

The GOP is claiming control after last week’s coup, when Democrats Pedro Espada Junior and Hiram Monserrate voted with the Republicans, giving them a majority. Monserrate has since gone back to the Democrats, deadlocking the Senate at 31-31.

Democrats are calling to split the Senate presidency, but Republicans say the June 8th vote establishing Espada as president was legitimate.

“It’s a reality,” said Republican Senator Dean Skelos. “Look at the film, read the transcript, the journal, the roll call, it was 32, actually it was 32 to nothing because [the Democrats walked out].”

“We really hope to resolve this by negotiations,” said Democratic State Senator Eric Schneiderman. “We are here to talk, but they are not negotiating in good faith. They are not willing to give up their claim that Pedro Espada is president pro-temp or even put it aside.”

Democrats have pulled back on their request that a judge issue a temporary restraining order barring Espada from assuming the post of Senate president. But they say they have not ruled out going back to court.

The State Senate still needs to deal with several major issues affecting the city before its session ends, including mayoral control of schools and the city’s effort to raise its portion of the sales tax by a half a percentage point.

Meanwhile, NY1 has exclusively obtained a document through the Board of Elections, which reveals that last week was not the first time Senator Hiram Monserrate sided with the Republican Party.

Records show that Monserrate was registered as a Republican from 1988 to the beginning of 1997. He was then registered with the Independence Fusion Party for nine months before registering with the Democratic Party in October of 1997.

A spokesperson for Monserrate says he joined the Republican Party in his 20s before he had time to develop his political identity.

On NY1’s “Road to City Hall” last week, Monserrate said he has always been a Democrat. Monserrate now calls himself a progressive Democrat.

Source: NY1