Albany, NY – Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon will serve another term negotiating with his fifth governor.
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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.
Mazel Tov shelly!
Wishing you good luck.
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.