State Senate's secret mail guidelines revealed

ALBANY — The amount of money that state senators spend on taxpayer-funded mailers will now be revealed as the Democratic leadership on Wednesday dropped a two-year legal battle waged by their Republican predecessors to keep the information secret.Last year, the Republican-led Senate had appealed a state Supreme Court decision requiring the chamber to provide its guidelines for the mailers in response to a Freedom of Information Law request that had been filed by a former Senate candidate.