ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y. -- The state's Attorney General says there is little anyone in state government can do to end the impasse in the New York State Senate.

Andrew Cuomo was touring the Upstate area promoting a new law that streamlines the process of consolidating local governments as a way of easing the state's tax burden. But many of those governments stand to lose major sources of funding if routine legislation isn't approved soon by warring State Senators.

Cuomo, the attorney for the state and its taxpayers, admitted he is hamstrung.

"There's no legal violation. They're not breaking any law, right now. Are they breaking the public trust? Are they living up to the mandate that they were given? I don't believe so. But, it's not a law that they're violating," said Cuomo.

Cuomo, seen as a likely challenger to Governor David Paterson in 2010, said the governor has done everything he is empowered to do to try to bring the two sides in the dispute together.