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Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The case is likely to throw Albany into disarray at the beginning of a new session.
The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013.
Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments that Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes. The total amount of the payments was unclear, but another person has said they were substantial and were made over several years.
The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013.
Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments that Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes. The total amount of the payments was unclear, but another person has said they were substantial and were made over several years.
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Sheldon Silver Busted (Original Post)
TreasonousBastard
Jan 2015
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Good!
merrily
(45,251 posts)2. What always boggles my mind is how cheaply legislators can be bought.
Sometimes, it's less than five thousand.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)8. Sheldon didn't come cheap...$6 million in kickbacks
merrily
(45,251 posts)10. At least it's good to know America sometimes gets sold out for more than a golfing trip to Scotland.
As the ancient joke goes, "We already established what you are. Now, we're just dickering over price."
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)3. Finally...
New Yorkers have been held hostage many times by him and the power he wields. Chickens coming home to roost Sheldon !!!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)7. And by Cuomo, Skelos, Bruno and Jeff Klein.
Among a whole bunch of others.
Any more of those loose chickens running around?
It's a little weird that only the DEM leader is in cuffs so far.
We'll see.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. NY1 says he is in custody.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)5. Yeah, I just got a Times update and...
Cablevision's News12 had to break into the puppy and ramen noodle stories to mention it.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)6. I just can't feel sorry for the guy.
I think we may now know why Cuomo disbanded the commision on ethics.
redwitch
(14,947 posts)9. Selfish, greedy man
Who never thought he would get caught.