ALBANY -- All sides in a monthlong standoff in New York's Senate say they've agreed to work out a power-sharing deal from two proposals.

They say the conflict begun in a parliamentary coup June 8 could be over as early as Thursday.

Gov. David Paterson and leaders of the Democratic conference and a Republican-dominated coalition say they will share top leadership positions, share resources and staff more equitably, and rotate top leaders of the Senate.

Exactly how that will be done, however, is the business of the next two days.

Republican leader Dean Skelos and Democrat Pedro Espada, the coalition's leaders, say Thursday is the deadline for a deal.

Democratic leaders John Sampson and Malcolm Smith, however, say there is no hard deadline for agreement.

Earlier we reported: The self-described "amigos" who've threatened the Democrats shaky majority in New York's Senate say they're meeting to end the standoff that's paralyzed the chamber since a coup two of them helped engineer.

Democratic Sens. Ruben Diaz and Pedro Espada of the Bronx, Carl Kruger of Brooklyn and Hiram Monserrate of Queens are meeting Tuesday for the second time in two days to negotiate an end to the conflict.

Espada was elected Senate president by a Republican-dominated coalition that voted to topple the Democratic majority on June 8. Monserrate was the key 32nd vote in the coup, but soon after returned to the Democratic fold.

After Democrats won the majority in the November elections, Diaz and Kruger flirted with flipping to the Republicans to create a GOP majority.