NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: 'It Is An Abuse Of Process To Investigate Legislators'

[hrmjustin]

BY KEN LOVETT
Assembly Democrats may agree with some of the ethics reform Gov. Cuomo and members of his anti-corruption commission are pushing, but he says that doesn't give the panel the right to try and use its investigation to presure the Legislature into a deal.

Silver this morning sent an email to his members telling them why the Assembly and Senate were set to file legal papers today seeking to quash subpoenas issued by the commission demanding more detailed information on lawmaker outside income and clients.

Silver (D-Manhattan) did not mention Cuomo by name but mentioned how it's been said that the commission was formed to investigate the legislature after lawmakers wouldn't go along with ethics reform legislation.

"It is an improper and illegal use of Executive authority for appointees of that branch of government to 'investigate the Legislature' merely because the Commissioners would like to compel passage of proposed legislation.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/11/assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-it-is-an-abuse-of-process-to-investigate-legis

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. It's not like there's any REASON to investigate the NYS legislature.

He's kidding. I hope.


(He's NOT, is he?)

Besides. "Ethics reform legislation" is for *losers*.




Help me, someone.

[hrmjustin]

2. I wish they would get rid of him.

[nykym]

3. If you're against it

then there might be a reason to investigate you Shelly!

[hrmjustin]

4. Very true. For years there have been questions about him that he will not answer.