Posts tagged Sheldon Silver

A little over a year after his arrest on multiple corruption charges, former Assembly Speaker and one of the famed ‘three men in a room’ …

As a Democrat or more specifically, a Bernie Sanders supporter, it must be extremely frustrating to deal with the process of “superdelegates” – where Party insiders …

Following a month-long criminal trial, and 10 months after his arrest on multiple corruption charges, former Assembly Speaker and one of the famed ‘three men …

In dealing with the political world every day, it’s not often I’m taken aback by something that many would consider tone deaf. Because, let’s face …

Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the New York State Assembly, arrested earlier this year for receiving nearly $4 million in illegitimate payments from various law firms …

It has long been presumed that a federal corruption probe that has brought down several prominent lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in New …

New York Post columnist Fred Dicker claims the latest indictment handed down by U.S. attorney, Preet Bharara, shows that the corruption investigations in New York …

State Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for possible corruption.  Skelos, a Republican, is being investigated …

Johnny Hypocrisy is back at it again today. Just days after issuing a travel ban to the state of Indiana over their religious freedom law over, …

Tom DiNapoli, the State Comptroller, has issued contract and payment approvals for legal bills and settlement funds incurred by the New York State Senate and …

Governor Cuomo is being called out by black leaders and members of his own party for his lack of respect toward Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.  Heastie …

Republicans in the New York State Assembly presented 13 rule changes designed to improve transparency, ethics, and the rules of the chamber yesterday, and the Democrat …

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara responded to Democrat Sheldon Silver’s allegations that he orchestrated a media firestorm surrounding his arrest by implying it could have been …

The federal prosecutor that has turned New York politics on its ear claims that an “unfortunate percentage” of politicians in the Empire State are corrupt …

Despite persistent calls for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s resignation, both from this site and from many prominent politicians, Governor Cuomo has stood steadfastly beside …

After former Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) was forced to step down due to his arrest on federal corruption charges, the New York State Assembly held a …

Apparently none too happy with the way Governor Cuomo is trying to force major policy proposals into this year’s budget plan, a long-time Assembly Democrat tore into …

Saying “we can hardly expect him to do the right thing,” the New York State GOP has started a petition demanding that disgraced, recently handcuffed Democrat …

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) is expected to be arrested on corruption charges at some point today, according to a report from the New York …

Federal authorities are investigating Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) over payments he received from a “law firm that seeks real estate tax reductions for commercial and …

Democrat Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak and his enablers in government are facing the loss of tens of millions of dollars pending multiple lawsuits filed by six former …

The Daily News has an incredible story on how New York taxpayers are being bilked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees …

While Governor Cuomo is touring upstate New York in a ‘Women’s Equality Bus,’ his Republican challenger will have a bus of his own tailing them, …

Like an itch that simply won’t go away, two disgraced Democrats best known for perpetually harassing their staff members have once again filed for political …

Sexual Harassment has been so prevalent for New York lawmakers in recent years, that Governor Cuomo and the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics have …

During a radio interview today, Governor Cuomo found it difficult to hide his disdain for issues that many New Yorkers find important – the rise of …

Assemblyman Micah Kellner (D) has been stripped of public resources and his offices ordered shut down, because he violated terms of a letter of admonition …

Saying that the “plaintiffs have alleged sufficient facts to establish a plausible claim,” a Manhattan Federal Judge has allowed a lawsuit against Assembly Speaker Sheldon …

The New York Times recently ran an article on how Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has repeatedly blocked affordable housing projects from development in Manhattan’s lower …

Advocates for the legalization of MMA in New York gathered together in Albany yesterday to combat misconceptions of the sport as being violent and misogynistic. …