AMID all the chaos in Albany, the upstate billionaire at the center of the state Senate upheaval yesterday coyly confirmed he’s dating tennis great Monica Seles.
Buffalo Sabres owner and upstate king-maker Thomas Golisano, 67 — credited with convincing two rogue Democratic senators to join forces with the GOP — has been spotted for months squiring around Seles, 35.
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When asked yesterday if the two were a pair, the normally unflappable Paychex founder — who was making the interview rounds all over the state capital — seemed taken aback.
“Why do you want to know?” said Golisano, clearly more comfortable talking policy than romance.
Finally, the thrice-divorced Golisano told The Post’s Jennifer Fermino, “Monica and I see each other.”
The May-December pair first raised eyebrows last year, when Golisano brought her to a ceremony recognizing his $10 million donation to Niagara University.
He also brought Seles to a Sabres game, where the Tennis Hall of Famer sat with him and former President Bill Clinton. And, when asked in a Forbes.com article last fall what the coolest number in his cellphone was, Golisano crowed, “Monica Seles.’ ”
Last month, Golisano, who lived near Rochester, renounced his New York residency in a huff over Gov. Paterson‘s millionaire’s tax. He said he was moving to Naples, Fla., because the Sunshine State has no income tax.
Seles, who also lives in Florida, did not return a call for comment. A woman who answered her office phone and said she was her cousin said, “She doesn’t ever talk about her personal life.”