Sheldon Silver

New York State has a Big Choice - Monday

Jack Hidary | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


Jack Hidary

Let's see if our dysfunctional state system can pass a bill that helps us all or whether we are doomed to be left behind as the rest of the country benefits from the new energy economy.

Charles Hynes, Brooklyn DA, To Lead ACORN Investigation

Newsday | James T. Madore | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


State officials are letting Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes take the lead on investigating ACORN, though state money going to the group has b...

World Trade Center Redevelopment Almost Forgotten

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


For years, the World Trade Center occupied a prominent stage in New York politics, as elected officials jostled over questions of design, governance a...

NYC Odd Couple: Bloomberg, Silver Double-Team Port Authority

nytimes.com | CHARLES V. BAGLI | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York


Although the negotiations over the World Trade Center site have gone nowhere, the deadlock has produced something of note: a startling alliance betwee...

NY Assembly Speaker Says He Will Support Kennedy

CNN Political Ticker | Alexander Mooney | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


Caroline Kennedy appears to have cleared a big hurdle in her quest to replace outgoing New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. New York Assembly Speaker Sheld...

Tina Fey Plays Sarah Palin For NY Dem Caucus

New York Magazine | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


New York Magazine reports that Tina Fey has revisited her Sarah Palin impersonation: Tina Fey took her Sarah Palin impression out of mothballs for A...