In Lower Manhattan, Sheldon Silver's
apparatchiks lost control of his old Assembly seat in September to Working Families Party - backed candidate Yuh - Line Niou.
Most, gifted with the slightest grip on the basics of economics, pick up on the fact that producers of widgets (and the like) are driven by the prospect of profits (a motive
lost on Labor / Green
apparatchiks), which, in turn depend upon input costs.