Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sheldon Silver

Shelly Won’t Say Where He Fell Off His Bike

By Ben Fried | Nov 15, 2011 | 11 Comments

Strange development in the Sheldon Silver bike fall story. Yesterday, through a spokesman, the Assembly Speaker explained bruises and cuts on his face by saying he hit a pothole while biking. But the location and time of the bike crash in question are a mystery, and Raymond Hernandez at the Times reports that Silver has […]

Sheldon Silver Bruised While Biking Over Rough Pavement

By Ben Fried | Nov 14, 2011 | 19 Comments

Capital New York’s political reporter extraordinaire, Azi Paybarah, breaks this remarkable story: Half of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s face is bruised and purple, and there are stitches over his left eyebrow and a scab across his nose and the back of one of his hands. Silver sustained the injuries while riding a bicycle when he […]

Lower East Side Electeds Come Together for Safer Delancey Street

By Noah Kazis | Sep 15, 2011 | 2 Comments

Delancey Street is one of the most dangerous roads in the city. Between 2008 and 2010 alone, 134 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by drivers on Delancey, according to Transportation Alternatives, and two were killed on the street this year. Last week, Streetsblog reported on a new design for the base of the Williamsburg Bridge […]

Silver on MTA Funding Plan: Wait Until 2012 Budget Debate

By Noah Kazis | Aug 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

The current MTA capital budget is very bad news for transit riders, who are being asked to shoulder $7 billion in debt all on their own. Where can the 8 million daily riders who count on the MTA turn for help? Not Washington: The just-negotiated debt ceiling deal is likely to mean more cuts to […]

Transit Lockbox Still Alive, Under Threat From GOP Assembly Members

By Noah Kazis | Jun 24, 2011 | 3 Comments

Though the state legislature was expected to work well into the morning last night, dealing with major priorities like rent regulation and gay marriage in addition to lower-profile but still-important bills like the transit funding lockbox, the negotiated deals fell apart and the legislature put off all its business until this morning. The path to […]

Silver Supports Transit Lockbox, Assembly Vote Likely Tonight

By Noah Kazis | Jun 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver supports the transit lockbox bill, said spokesperson Mike Whyland this evening. According to Whyland, the bill will be voted out of the Rules Committee tonight and head to the floor. Whyland said that the only thing standing in the way of the Assembly passing the measure could be time constraints, as […]

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