Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle has taken himself out of the running for the speaker position. Morelle is instead throwing his support behind Assembly member Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who is now the front-runner for the job. Throughout the week, Heastie has had growing support within the Assembly’s Democratic conference, and has also picked […]
Speaker Sheldon Silver
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[UPDATED] Assembly Speaker Silver arrested, faces corruption charges
Federal officials allege that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver collected bribes and kickbacks and disguised them as income from his legal work.
