How much time did New York state senators take debating and ramming the Safe Act through its chamber? Not as much time as it took to green light yogurt as the official state snack. Syracuse.com reporter Teri Weaver reports: “Did the state’s senators spend more time on Tuesday debating the calorie counts, lactose tolerance and inclusiveness of snacks than they did discussing the NY Safe Act back in January 2013? The answer is yes. The yogurt debate and vote took about 44 minutes. The Safe Act? Just less than 30 minutes.” Weaver also notes that “the Senate did not debate the NY Safe Act on the floor. Instead, senators passed a message of necessity and moved straight to explaining their votes.” Wouldn’t want to get into the discussion of constitutionality now, would we? More…