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PRESS -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver

May 15, 2013 "Report Finds Lawmaker Was Shielded by Leaders", New York Times, Danny Hakim

May 15, 2013:  "Vito Lopez made aides touch the tumors on his neck and wear skimpy clothing, but he will still not be prosecuted: report", Daily News, Glenn Blaine

May 16, 2013:  "New Yorkers Should Be Alarmed", Newsday, editorial

May 16, 2013:  “Alarm  Bells in Albany, New York Times, editorial

May 16, 2013:  "Silver Spokesman: Actions Taken Were In 'Good Faith'", YNN, Nick Reisman

May 17, 2013: "Despite enabling Vito Lopez, Sheldon Silver gets only love from his loyal troops", NY Daily News, editorial,

May 19, 2013:  "SHEL, NO, HE WON'T GO!  Assemblyman Sheldon Silver call quitting 'ridiculous' despite his admitted failure in handling the sexual harassment claims against vile Lopez", NY Daily News, Ken Lovett

May 19, 2013:  "How they get away with it", NY Daily News, Opinion, Bill Hammond

May 20, 2013:  "Push comes to Gov on full Shelly probe", NY Post, Fred Dicker

"Video: No friend to Silver, Kearns leaves Assembly Dems", Albany Times Union/Capitol Confidential, May 20, 2013

May 21, 2013: "Bad Week is Merely Bump for Assembly's Master of Power", New York Times, Danny Hakim, Thomas Kaplan

"Fahey for Assembly; Deeper knowledge on the issues gives him the edge over Kearns", Buffalo News, March 15, 2012

"Mickey meets Shelly at Capitol for nice talk; Anti-Silver attack by Kearns during campaign ignored", Buffalo News, Tom Precious, March 23, 2012

"Kearns keeps campaign pledge, votes 'no' on Silver", Buffalo News, Tom Precious, January 15, 2013

May 21, 2013: "Time's up: shameful Shelly has got to go", NY Post, Fred Dicker

May 21, 2013:  "How Shelly tarnished himself", NY Daily News, Opinion, Bill Hammond

May 21, 2013:  "Sorry apology by Sheldon Silver in Lopez case is not enough", NY Daily News, editorial

May 22, 2013  "Silver's as tainted as Lopez", Albany Times Union -- by Assemblywomen Jane Corwin, Nicole Malliotakis, Annie Rabbitt, Claudia Tenney

May 22, 2013:  "Cuomo's moment: tackling NY's Shelly problem", NY Post, Bob McManus

May 23, 2013:  "EXCLUSIVE: Former legislative staffer received threatening letter from Sheldon Silver's pals", NY Daily News, Ken Lovett

May 24, 2013: "Why, in the capitol, Silver is teflon", NY Daily News, Blake Zeff

May 26, 2013: "Lovett: Assembly Democrats privately fear fall-out of retaining Sheldon Silver as speaker amid sexual harassment scandal", NY Daily News, Ken Lovett

May 27, 2013: "SET UP TO SPEAK UP:  Six likely Silver replacements vie for chance to become speaker", Daily News, Ken Lovett

May 28, 2013  "Kearns, angry at Lopez cover-up, forms a conference of one in the Assembly", Legislative Gazette, Tanique Williams

May 28, 2013: "COX: Further Investigation is Warranted", Legislative Gazette, Amanda Conto

May 27, 2013:  "All deserve blame, not just Silver", Albany Times Union, commentary by Susan Lerner, Common Cause

May 29, 2013:  "GOP Assembly members call for Silver's resignation, investigation (or both)"  , Albany Times Union, May 29, 2013

May 29, 2013:  "A Second Democrat Calls for Silver to Resign", NYT/City Room, Jesse McKinley

May 28, 2013:  "Gov. Cuomo to Assembly Speaker Silver:  Get to work to get over Vito Lopez scandal", NY Daily News, Glenn Blain

May 29, 2013: "State Assemblywoman Inez Barron calls for Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down  ", Daily News, Glenn Blain, Kenneth Lovett

May 29, 2013: "The High Price of Silver", New York Post, editorial

VIDEO OF "STOP SILVER'S WAR ON WOMEN" PRESS CONFERENCE -- May 29, 2013  Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor; Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney; Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin;  Assemblyman Bill Nojay;  Assemblyman Marc Butler; Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick

May 29, 2013:  "
Some Assembly Republicans Want Silver Investigated", Gannett, Joseph Spector

May 29, 2013: "Sheldon Silver role in Vito Lopez sexual harassement cover-up needs further probe, GOP says", Newsday/AP

May 30, 2013: "Silver faces more Assembly dissent", Wall Street Journal, Erica Orden

May 30, 2013:  "Speaker Silver withstands 'a lot of venting' by women Assembly members", NY Daily News, Glenn Blain, Ken Lovett

May 30, 2013:  "Silver clear air with Women democrats", Newsday

May 30, 2013:  "Many calling on Silver to give up Speaker role", YNN

June 4, 2013:  "Damning e-mails omitted from Lopez report,

June 4, 2013: "Ethics commission fails to prevent or punish for Lopez scandal", Daily News, Ken Lovett

June 5, 2013: "New York Voters Think Assembly Speaker Should Step Down, Poll Finds", New York Times

June 7, 2013: "State GOP keeps up anti-Silver drumbeat in radio ads", Capitol Confidential, Casey Seiler

June 7, 2013: "Alleged victims file state, federal suits on Silver, Lopez", Capitol Confidential

June 10, 2013:  "Odato: A look at potential speakers", Albany Times Union, Jim Odato

June 10, 2013:  "New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Won't Represent Silver", Daily News, Ken Lovett

June 10, 2013:  "Sheldon Silver Says Democrats Back Him Despite Sexual Harassment Scandal", Syracuse.Com, AP

June 10, 2013:  "Silver: My members say media is being unfair to me", Albany Times Union

June 10, 2013:  "NYC Gov Andrew Cuomo is growing sick of Sheldon Silver: insiders", Daily News, Ken Lovett

June 10, 2013:  :  Looking to AG

June 10, 2013:  "Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in crosshairs of bill term-limiting

June 10, 2013: "Cuomo bills eyes publicly-financed elections", Albany Times Union, Jimmy Vielkind

June 13, 2013:  "Lawsuit seeks to Force Sheldon Silver to Repay Vito Lopez Settlement Money to NYS" , Daily News, Ken Lovett

June 17, 2013:   "Sheldon Silver Gets Key Support from Minority Dems Even As GOP Vows To Keep Up Pressure", NY Daily News, Ken Lovett

June 21, 2013: "Debate over women's equality bill gets touchy over Speaker Silver's handling of Lopez" , Daily News

July 17, 2013:  "No one is too big to jail, Wall Street Cop says", WCNBC

July 19, 2013: "What About Bill Thompson?", CapitalNY, Azi Paybarah

July 22, 2013: "Shel's Belle's Bucking", NY Post, Fred Dicker

July 23, 2013:  "Assembly Lawyer to Step Down Over Failure to Investigate Sex Harrassment Claims", New York Times, Danny Hakim

July 23, 2013:  "NY Speaker Silver in midst of another sex harassment scuttlebutt", Daily News, Ken Lovett

July 23, 2013:  "Micah Kellner campaigns

July 23, 2013:  "GOP Attacks Silver for latest sexual harassment revelation", Capitol Confidential/Times Union, Jimmy Vielkind

July 23, 2013:  "New sex case ends career of Silver aide", Albany Times Union

July 23, 2013: "Jessica Lappin rescinds her endorsement of Micah Kellner",  CapitalNY, Azi Paybarah

July 23, 2013:  "More Albany Grossness", Gothamist

                       Kallos campaign

July 25, 2013: "Kellner's GOP opponent keeps up attack", Capital Confidential, Casey Seiler

July 26, 2013:  "EXCLUSIVE",

July 26, 2013:  "Colleague Reaffirms Kellner Support as Others Bail", Politiker, Jill Colvin

July 26, 2013:  "Two State Senators Rescind their Micah Kellner Endorsements", Politiker, Ross Barkan

August 8, 2013:  "State Ethics Panel Opens Up an Inquiry ino a Sexual Harassment Cover-up  ", New York Times, Danny Hakim

August 12, 2013:  "Cuomo still not denouncing Silver, amid more bad news", Capitol Confidential, Jimmy Vielkind

August 15, 2013: "High time for Speaker Silver to resign", Jewish Voice, editorial

 

 

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