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• Cuomo calls for Assemb. Vito Lopez to quit

  that Lopez routinely harassed and touched young female staffers. But the governor largely spared Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver from criticism for shielding the lawmaker.As the fallout from the Lopez reports began, a common theme emerged among elected leaders   Read more »

• Editorial: Vito Lopez has to go, and Albany has to change

  up an embarrassing case against one of their own. The report reflects badly not just on Lopez but on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the Assembly staff, whose primary concern was not the well-being of Lopez's victims, but damage control. It shows that   Read more »

Around the web

• Stewart-Cousins on Vito Lopez case: “I would have handled it differently”

  Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s handling of sexual harassment complaints last year was “not good,” but said she had no opinion on whether he should remain the head of the Legislature’s lower chamber. “As the   from Politics on the Hudson Read more »

• Guest Columnist Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin: It’s time for Speaker Silver to go

  from the other party gave this man a vote of confidence, but it is time to right that wrong. I am calling for Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign his position as speaker, and if he refuses to do so, I call on the members of his Democrat conference to remove him   from The Troy Record Read more »

• More questions in NY Assembly sex harass case

  Tuesday for appearing to stop at an already disgraced rank-and-file member, rather than powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who had brokered a secret settlement with the accusers. The attorneys for Assemblyman Vito Lopez's first two accusers – who received   from Times Herald-Record Read more »

• Cuomo’s moment

  the Vito Lopez sex-abuse scandal, here is what Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had to say this week: “The degradation and emotional duress endured by the young women who were harassed while they served in the Assembly weighs heavily on me. I accept the criticism.”   from New York Post Read more »

• Four locals among winners in sectional steeplechase, pentathlon

  Speaker Sheldon Silver's apology Monday and changes to the Assembly sexual harassment...- 6:11 pm Contributions to New York's limitless campaign accounts soared 24 percent over six years, jumping...- 6:08 pm It takes a special person to excel at face-offs   from The Ithaca Journal Read more »