Last week, a bill was introduced in Albany that, if enacted, would create a permit system for intercity buses operating in New York City. The legislation, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senator Daniel Squadron, seeks to reign...
Residents on the Lower East Side have been waiting a long time for something to be done about the ever-growing number of so-called "Chinatown buses" clogging the neighborhood's streets. In December of 2009, Department of Transportation official Luis Sanchez...
Residents of the Lower East Side are accustomed to their state assemblyman's high profile in Albany. In the past few months, Speaker Sheldon Silver has been attracting even more ink than usual, as the mainstream media waits breathlessly for...
After the Senate votes in favor of the governor's tax cap, Sheldon Silver re-confirms the Assembly will support a version of the legislation (Niagara Falls Politics).
An off-duty police officer testifies in a murder trial stemming from a shooting...
Earlier this week, news reports suggested the MTA plans to reduce service on 40 bus lines, including the M22. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has written to Jay Walder, the troubled transit agency's chief, to protest the proposed cuts:
After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3's land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7-acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge. Only one member of...
Monday night, 22 community activists will file into the Henry Street Settlement's gym, poised to make a big decision. After two-and-a-half years of deliberations, Community Board 3's land use committee is finally scheduled to vote on planning guidelines for...
Reporters caught up with State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in Albany yesterday, quizzing him on a variety of subjects. In spite of new reports to the contrary, he said Assembly Democrats are not seeking to make property tax relief...
As power point slides go, this one was a doozy. During Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech yesterday, LES Assemblyman, Speaker Sheldon Silver, was cast in a starring role. Here's what Cuomo had to say, as this...
