Crisis averted. The Senate has now passed both the parks/e-waste bill and the charter schools bill and can head home for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The charter school vote was 45-14. The no votes were as follows:

Farley, Flanagan, Golden, Griffo, O. Johnson, Larkin, Lavalle, Libous, Maziarz, McDonald, Nozzolio, Padavan, Saland, Young.

That Padavan vote is somewhat surprising, since the veteran Queens lawmakeris a longtime ally of Mayor Bloomberg, whose top aides, Howard Wolfson and Micah Lasher, were instrumental in cobbling together this deal.

UPDATE: The Senate GOP press office notes Padavan voted “no” on the one-house Senate charter schools bill, too.

Also, that means some of the staunchest charter opponents, including Sen. Bill Perkins, who is facing a primary challenge from pro-charter Democrat (and former Bloomberg campaign aide) Basil Smikle; and Shirley Huntley, who also has a pro-charter primary opponent, voted “yes.”

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