Silver Tenure As NY Speaker To End; Heastie Likely Successor

Sheldon Silver’s 21 years as the leader of the New York state Assembly will come to a close when he steps down in the wake of federal corruption charges. The Manhattan Democrat’s resignation will be effective at 11:59 p.m. Monday, an unceremonious end to the second-longest tenure by a sitting speaker in any U.S. statehouse. […]



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