Morning Reads: Another Silver Foe Speaks Out, Church Preservation Campaign, Samuel Dickstein’s Soviet Ties

By
Ed Litvak
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A former State Assembly aid, who claimed she was raped, says “the most powerful man in the state Assembly (Sheldon Silver) blew her off, then his aides tried to shut her up.” (Daily News)

Sheldon Silver is very good at keeping both his Lower East Side as well as his Albany constituents happy (The Jewish Week).

An arrest is made after a gay man is attacked near Avenue D and East 4th Street (NY1).

Preservationists try to save the Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church (EV Grieve).

A street on the Lower East Side is named after Samuel Dickstein, a Soviet spy (NYT).

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