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DNAInfo: Pedestrians Have No Time to Cross Delancey
In the wake of the death of Dashane Santana, the 12-year-old girl killed by a minivan driver while she was crossing Delancey Street earlier this month, Lower East Side leaders are demanding safety improvements for the many pedestrians who cross this approach to the Williamsburg Bridge. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Dan Squadron and City Council Member Margaret Chin have each called on DOT to take action to prevent one more life from being taken by Delancey Street traffic.
January 31, 2012
Cuomo Deal Will Cut Payroll Tax, Reimburse MTA, Create Infrastructure Fund
The details of Governor Cuomo's economic plan, which includes both tax reform and a new infrastructure fund, were released today with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
December 6, 2011
Shelly Won’t Say Where He Fell Off His Bike
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 clammed up about it:
November 15, 2011
Sheldon Silver Bruised While Biking Over Rough Pavement
Capital New York's political reporter extraordinaire, Azi Paybarah, breaks this remarkable story:
November 14, 2011
Lower East Side Electeds Come Together for Safer Delancey Street
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.
September 15, 2011
Silver on MTA Funding Plan: Wait Until 2012 Budget Debate
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?
August 1, 2011
Transit Lockbox Still Alive, Under Threat From GOP Assembly Members
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 passage for any of those bills is a little less obvious than it was a day ago, but the lockbox still has a good chance of making it through the State Assembly.
June 24, 2011
Silver Supports Transit Lockbox, Assembly Vote Likely Tonight
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.
June 23, 2011
Shameless Shelly Silver Claims Credit for Saving Student Fares
In an unbelievable display of chutzpah -- okay, not really -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Ways and Means Committee Chair Herman "Denny" Farrell issued a self-congratulatory press release last Friday taking credit for "saving" student MetroCards. Here's an excerpt:
June 21, 2010
Eyes in the Capitol: Four Seconds of Glory for Bus Cam Bill
This clip from yesterday's Assembly Transportation Committee meeting doesn't quite live up to the hype.
June 16, 2010