The Boyland ruling bodes poorly for the slew of other pols seeking appeal on similar grounds, including former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Then in December, Smith jumped off of his party's ship, joining forces to caucus with Independent Democrats, a group of four other pols who aligned with state Republicans, the Post said. (dnainfo.com)
The ruling bodes poorly for the slew of other pols seeking appeal on similar grounds, including Silver, the disgraced former head of the NY Assembly, and Skelos, former majority leader of the New York state Assembly. (nypost.com)