Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said he gave Sen. Kevin Parker a talking-to following his verbal attacks on his Republican colleagues, but that’s the extent of the disciplinary action the controversial Brooklyn lawmaker will face.

Asked what he had said to Parker, Sampson replied:

“Enough with the finger pointing, name calling, and heated rhetoric, New Yorkers want results. I need members in both parties to step back and focus on what’s important: balancing the budget, creating jobs, and providing property tax relief.”

Sampson would not answer with a direct “no” when pressed on whether he would be heeding Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos’ call for Democrats to repudiate Parkers’ comments calling GOP members – specifically Sen. John DeFrancisco – “white supremacists” and discipline or censure him.

A Senate Republican source informed me earlier today that the minority is looking into drafting a censure resolution for Parker, but since the GOP doesn’t control the chamber, it seems unlikely that it will go anywhere.

Also, I asked Skelos last night about the resolution Sen. Marty Golden is supposedly readying that would strip Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. of his leadership post.

Skelos said the minority counsel is reviewing the resolution and it will likely be introduced sometime next week. He insisted he isn’t holding things up on that (remember that Espada stuck to Skelos’ side like glue during the 31-day Senate stalemate that followed the coup).

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