Author: Michael

If New York had adopted a reasonable term-limits law back in the ’70s — say, limiting legislative service to no more than six terms in either house, or a total of 20 years combined — Silver’s legislative career would’ve ended...

Politicians holding any kind of office can get themselves into legal trouble. Lately, though, state House speakers have been especially prone to indictment. Facing federal corruption charges, Democrat Sheldon Silver of New York...

The NY Post is reporting that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will accept a deal whereby he temporarily relinquishes his position and allowing a five-person team led by veteran Assemblyman Denny Farrell, chairman of the Ways...

Sheldon Silver’s Secret Income Prosecutors allege that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver received millions of dollars in kickbacks from two law firms for work he never did. They claim Silver never reported any income from an...