Members of the State Legislature are back in Albany today after a two week break. Yesterday, before ending their Manhattan respite, Lower Manhattan elected officials did a little politicking downtown.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Senator Daniel Squadron,...
Most community news outlets keep tabs on their neighborhoods' elected representatives. On the Lower East Side, of course, our state assemblyman just happens to be the Speaker, one of the most powerful and high-profile public figures in New York.
This...
From State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office:
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Housing Committee Chair Vito Lopez announced the expected passage of legislation today that will extend and strengthen New York City’s rent regulation laws. The measure (A.2674A/Lopez) includes provisions...
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, in an upstate public television interview, speaks out about the millionaire tax and is asked whether he thinks Governor Cuomo is "a progressive."
In Albany yesterday, the State Assembly approved proposed legislation that would allow New York City to set up a permit system for intercity buses. The bill was introduced a few weeks ago -- before two tragic accidents involving discount...
There's some progress to report today on proposed state legislation that would authorize NYC to more strenuously regulate the intercity bus industry. We hear from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office that the bill has been passed by the transportation...
Here's Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's statement on the early passage of New York's austere $132.5 billion budget:
Speaker Silver and the Assembly Democratic Majority congratulate Governor Cuomo on the completion of the Administration’s first budget, the result of which is...
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on the restoration of funds to New York City's senior centers:
I am proud to have fully restored state funding for New York City’s senior centers. In these difficult economic times, it is more important...
The governor, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate leader Dean Skelos have a budget deal, but the battles are hardly over in Albany. The fates of the millionaire tax, rent reform and property tax relief are still to be...
As we reported earlier, Democratic lawmakers from New York City to Albany demanded today that rent reform be addressed in the nearly completed budget deal, not at some later date. Everyone was interested in knowing whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
