Yikes.  This is getting serious.

Matt Spina of the Buff News reports:

The state Board of Elections today is expected to discuss months-old complaints against the two political powers who last week plucked the State Senate from Democratic control— G. Steven Pigeon and B. Thomas Golisano.

The complaints accuse Golisano and Pigeon, his key political operative, of violating state law through “Responsible New York” — the political committee Golisano launched with $5 million in 2008 to support candidates who agree with his philosophy.

Opposing candidates have complained to the state Board of Elections and to local district attorneys that Responsible New York—an independent committee unauthorized to represent a particular candidate — coordinated strategy with the Golisano-Pigeon candidates and their campaigns.

If they really dig into this, from what I understand, Pigeon and Golisano are fried. Maybe Joe Tacopina will give them a group rate.

Speaking of Tacopina, I also understand from an impeccable source, that Hiram Monserrate's campaign contributions--especially as they relate to his legal fees for allegedly slashing his girlfriend--are also about to get a whole lot of attention.

You heard it here first.

Update:  According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, the criminal referral has come to pass. The paper writes:

The state Board of Elections has called for a criminal investigation into allegations that billionaire Tom Golisano, the architect of last week's coup in Albany, broke the law with campaign contributions to at least one state Legislature candidate last year.

The board's Democratic commissioner, Douglas Kellner, revealed at a meeting Monday that the agency's lawyers had conferred with the Albany County District Attorney's Office over the past month about three complaints -- at least one of them against Golisano, his political group Responsible New York, and his top aide, Steve Pigeon, according to Jeremy Toth, a lawyer who filed the complaint.