Albany, NY - Assembly Democrats Re-Elect Silver As Speaker |
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Albany, NY - Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon will serve another term negotiating with his fifth governor.
The lower Manhattan Democrat was chosen by the Democratic conference in closed-door session Tuesday. He said there was no opposition.
Silver was first elected to the Assembly in 1976 and easily won re-election in the fall.
As speaker, he must gain a consensus in the diverse Democratic conference and negotiate those positions with the governor and leader of the Senate.
Silver is praised by Democrats as a consummate negotiator.
Silver says he hasn’t yet chosen a majority leader. Former majority leader Ronald Canestrari of Albany County retired in the fall.
Silver is within a few years of becoming the longest tenured legislative leader in state history.
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Jan 08, 2013 at 10:02 PM DRE53 Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mazel Tov shelly!
Wishing you good luck.
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Jan 08, 2013 at 11:17 PM Reb Yid Says:Report as Inappropriate
It's funny that this article on Silver being elected over and over and over again appears right next to the article on Hugo Chavez.
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Jan 09, 2013 at 12:13 AM DRE53 Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ It's funny that this article on Silver being elected over and over and over again appears right next to the article on Hugo Chavez. ”
The difference between a dictatorship and a democracy is that in a dictatorship the public has no say and the dictator does whatever he wants whereas in a democracy the people get to vote and the politicians do whatever they want.