ALBANY — A month after disgraced Assemblyman Sheldon
Silver resigned as speaker, his top aide remains one of the Legislature's highest - paid employees — earning more than Gov. Cuomo, the Daily News has learned.
Earlier this month, De Blasio also lost an experienced ally in the Assembly, when Sheldon
Silver resigned his speakership following his arrest on federal corruption charges.
Silver resigned as Assembly speaker after his January arrest.
As
Silver resigned his post and the Assembly scrambled to elect a new leader, the governor added ethics reform and greater financial disclosure of law clients to his long list.
Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, was elected to replace long - time Speaker Sheldon Silver after
Silver resigned in the face of corruption charges.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver resigned as a Democratic super delegate to the party's national convention in Philadelphia.
This has become almost routine in the state Legislature: In early 2015, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on charges of extortion, fraud and bribery, barely four months after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver resigned over federal charges that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
on charges of extortion, fraud and bribery, barely four months after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver resigned over federal charges that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
Silver resigned from his post and was replaced.
Silver resigned as speaker on February 2, 2015.
His colleagues elected him speaker after Sheldon
Silver resigned in 2015.
However, today's decision doesn't change my feeling about the decision of my Assembly colleagues and me to ensure that Sheldon
Silver resigned as the Speaker.
In the interview, Heastie did not reference how he came to power earlier this year after Sheldon
Silver resigned following his arrest on corruption charges.
Hours before Sheldon
Silver resigns as Speaker of the State Assembly, six government reform groups sent a an email to all members of the NYS Assembly calling on them to enact four basic reforms that will make the Assembly more transparent, participatory and democratic.
As majority leader, the No. 2 post in the chamber, Morelle will be the interim speaker from the moment
Silver resigns until the lawmakers formally convene again Monday.
As majority leader, the No. 2 post in the chamber, Morelle will be the interim speaker from the moment
Silver resigns until the lawmakers next formally convene.
Late Monday, people following the jockeying said majority leader Joe Morelle — who, by the chamber's rules, becomes acting speaker if
Silver resigns — and Carl Heastie, the Bronx County Democratic Chairman, were top contenders.
Should Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver resign?
If
Silver resigns, Morelle, as majority leader, legally becomes interim speaker.
Not exact matches
Last night, after a marathon closed - door session, the Assembly Democrats emerged to announce that they agreed
Silver must go — though whether he will voluntarily heed a growing call for himto
resign or they will be forced to actively seek his removal remains an open question.
Over the past week, things have gone downhill quickly for both Lopez, who announced he won't be seeking re-election as Brooklyn Democratic chairman, but has refused to heed calls to
resign his Assembly seat; and
Silver, who was revealed to have negotiated a secret settlement of $ 103,000 worth of taxpayer cash with two women whose harassment claims against Lopez pre-dated those sent to the ethics committee.
Silver last Friday announced he would be
resigning the position effective 11:59 p.m.
Facing growing pressure to
resign his leadership post, Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver for the first time publicly said «I'm sorry» for helping to cover up the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal.
Calls are mounting for Assemblyman / Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Vito Lopez to
resign following his censure last week by Speaker Sheldon
Silver after a bipartisan ethics committee determined he had sexually harassed two young female staffers.
When will Speaker Sheldon
Silver be asked to
resign by Gov. Cuomo and «Chairman of Woman's Issues» Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell for fostering a climate of sexual harassment in the Assembly of NY.
Silver, who has been criticized for the series of harassment scandals in the last year involving his conference, in a statement said Gabryszak was making the right choice to
resign his seat, reiterating that the allegations were «disturbing.»
The Working Families Party has endorsed Yuh - Line Niou to fill the Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon
Silver who was convicted of federal corruption last year and forced to
resign.
Silver will not be
resigning his seat in the Assembly as he he battles federal corruption charges.
As reporters pressed further, asking whether he would
resign, Mr.
Silver's lawyers kept pushing through the crowd with the speaker as he was jostled by photographers and reporters.
«I've said for many years that Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver should
resign based on his lack of leadership in his support of policies that have been tantamount to political malpractice and have devastated the Upstate economy.»
The only linkage right now is that
Silver is a Democrat, and his fellow Democrats for the most part aren't calling on him to
resign.
The resignation letter sent to
Silver today is simple, with one sentence: I hereby
resign the public office of Member of the Assembly from the 53rd Assembly District, Kings County, effective 9 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013.»
Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long has a TV spot that takes Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to task over not calling for Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver to
resign in the ongoing Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal.
So imagine an alternate world where the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal actually forced Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver to
resign the job he's held since 1994.
Though Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he'll
resign in a month's time, Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver doesn't believe that's good enough.
Republicans in local races are making an issue out of the Lopez scandal, either calling on
Silver to
resign as speaker for concealing more than $ 100,000 in settlement money paid to two of Lopez's victims, or challenging their Democratic opponents for not calling on him to step down.
Latimer and his Republican opponent, Bob Cohen, have traded barbs over
Silver's handling of the Lopez mess, with Cohen calling on the speaker to
resign and Latimer saying he prefers to wait until JCOPE has completed its investigation before jumping to any conclusions.
Assemblywoman Malliotakis, NY 11 was striking in her display of courage, during the Vito Lopez scandal 2 years ago when she stood in the Assembly and called for Speaker
Silver to
resign.
Silver was forced to
resign from the Assembly speakership, a post he's held since 1994.
The NYP and Fred Dicker's «Assembly Republican blocks coup effort against Sheldon
Silver» item make one thing perfectly clear — Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R - Rensselaer), has had enough of Speaker Sheldon
Silver and may provide the leadership necessary to force the soon to be federally indicted speaker to
resign from his Assembly Speaker post.
They're taking their cues from the state GOP, which is using the scandal as a fund - raising tool and also has an on - line petition calling for
Silver to
resign his leadership post.
«Over the last few months, New York City Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly
Silver has been under fire to
resign over the sex scandal coverup and taxpayer funded pay - off involving Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the arrest of
Silver «a bad reflection on government» but would not say if he believes the embattled pol should
resign his leadership post.
Silver was forced to
resign his post.
The proposals come two and a half weeks after the Democratic Assembly Speaker, Sheldon
Silver was arrested on corruption charges, and one week after he
resigned as speaker.
The powerful
Silver has dismissed the GOP efforts to get him to
resign, saying they've been trying for more than 18 years.
Sheldon
Silver was forced to
resign.
Silver issued a statement welcoming Gabryszak's decision to
resign saying that sexual harassment was unacceptable.
«I think the governor will make a decision [on
resigning] based on what the attorney general's findings are,»
Silver said.
Fed - up Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver said yesterday he demanded that disgraced Brooklyn pol Vito Lopez
resign during a tense face - to - face meeting several days ago.