Silver scandal renews calls for term limits
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver shakes hands with supporters during the New York State Democratic delegation breakfast during the 2012 Democratic National Convention. (Sept. 4, 2012)
ALBANY -- An upstate senator renewed his call Tuesday for term limits on state Senate and Assembly leaders, in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal that's entangled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
At issue are sexual allegations against powerful Assemb. Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn) and a secret settlement approved by Silver (D-Manhattan). The Assembly agreed to pay $135,000 -- $103,000 in public...
