Sheldon Silver's arrest clouds NY's DNC 2016 bid

NY Daily News:

When New York Democrats pledged their delegate votes to President Obama at the party convention in 2012, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver took the mic as the Empire State's spokesman.

With the national party on the verge of picking a convention city for 2016, Silver is again in the spotlight —- but this time, he's the target of a stunning corruption probe that could tarnish the Big Apple’s chances of beating out Philadelphia and Columbus.

"What is happening with Shelly just highlights corruption in New York -- and is not the right message," lamented a party officer familiar with the selection process.

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A Democratic city lawmaker groused that "it will be hard for the DNC to plan a convention in a state where [the nominee might] have to stand on a stage with a speaker facing ethics charges."