Sheldon Silver
(Is Richard Blum, husband of Diane Feinstein far behind? With his one one billion dollar commission?)
Posted on 01/25/2015 8:26:52 AM PST by dennisw
Chief of Staff rallies Democrats behind Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver declines synagogue's prayer offer Democrats defend Silver because they profit from his corrupt system Silver's law firm rakes in millions from judges he controls Show us the money Sheldon Silver's arrest sends Albany into a state of panic
Sheldon Silver has perverted the courts as well as the Capitol.
His law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, gets its asbestos cases — and paydays — moved more quickly than those of other attorneys, and reaps a fortune from favorable rulings by friendly judges, charge lawyers and tort-reform advocates.
Silver’s East Village firm handles more than half the cases in a special section of Manhattan Supreme Court called NYCAL (New York City Asbestos Litigation). So dominant is the firm, the court’s Web site refers to cases as “Weitz” or “non-Weitz.”
The chief asbestos judge, Sherry Klein Heitler — also Manhattan’s chief civil judge — has handled dozens of Weitz & Luxenberg cases.
“They’ve taken over a section of the courthouse, and the people in charge of the courthouse run it for them,” said a disgusted lawyer who files personal-injury cases in Manhattan. “It pours money into the firm.”
The firm told investigators it hired Silver, who has no experience in asbestos cases, in 2002, because it hoped to “increase the firm’s prestige and perceived power,” according to last week’s federal indictment charging Silver raked in about $4 million in bribes and kickbacks.
That perceived power has paid off, critics say.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Sheldon Silver
(Is Richard Blum, husband of Diane Feinstein far behind? With his one one billion dollar commission?)
This needs to take Cuomo with it.
The long term political consequence of this debacle will be that ethically challenged Andrew Cuomo will be forever linked to this corruption. He can never satisfactorily explain why he disbanded the corruption commission that was accumulating evidence against insiders close to him. Would like to think it would prevent him from ever getting the Democratic Presidential nomination but in the end Democrats nominate Democrats. Andrew Cuomo if nothing else is a prototypical Democrat.
He’ll take all the money with him when he dies. (Or so he thinks)
This “reporter” cites no facts to back up her muckraking and is likely to get her ass sued off.
Filed under "irony".
This DemoMafiaGate has been going on in Albany since after the Civil War.
Only way to stop it is:
1. to separate NY State from NY City.
2. give NY City to New Jersey where it belongs with the
rest of the stink.
3. Throw the whole Democrat legislature[s] in jail for
collusion, racketeering and conspiracy.
4. Call for new elections in NY State sans NY City election participation
5. Since NY City was once the first capital of the United States, let them become atavistic as DC is now, “Watch but NO VOTES!!”
New York Democrat Corruption - but you repeat yourself.....
I said this on the other thread, NOTHING gets “done” in Gnu Yak without Prince Andrew’s edict...
Pff. Who is going to ask him for an explanation? No one. Least of all members of "the opposition party."
Oh, and with regard to the headline: try "Sheldon Silver’s law firm rakes in billions for its clients from judges he controls."
Knowing New York as I do, I think it's a safe bet that she's got plenty of evidence in hand.
Remember that we're talking about the Speaker of the New York State Assembly who is under a Federal indictment for charges that could carry decades in prison terms. Someone in this position would get laughed out of a courtroom if he tried to claim that a newspaper writer has caused him some kind of harm that could be remedied through a lawsuit.
I don't think this dude -- or any of the political hacks who have been part of his racket for years -- are going to be suing anybody.
“(Is Richard Blum, husband of Diane Feinstein far behind? With his one one billion dollar commission?) “
Yes, and this isn’t his first government payday by a long shot. Take a look at the Mlitary Base Closings in Sacramento.
She’s impugning a bunch of judges too, don’t forget. She better have back up in her files.
If a statement of a set of facts impugns a judge, then the judge in question has put himself (or herself) in a position where their professional conduct deserves a lot of scrutiny. And when a Federal indictment is involved, there sure as hell ought to be a lot of scrutiny.
Not to mention the fact that judge’s, as public officials, would have to prove not only that the allegations are false but that the reporter published them with knowledge of the falsehood, actual malice and/or a reckless disregard for the truth. And the burden would be on the judges, not the reporter.
New York gets the government they deserve.
The writer, Susan Edelman , is not writing for her blog. She is writing for the NY Post owned by Rupert Murdoch. I am sure the Post lawyers vetted this. But the post is taking on a lot of judges and a corrupt judicial system. Hopefully the prosecutor Preet Bahara will give or leak material to the Post
She better be able to put her money where her big mouth is, if all this is a scheme, these folks are all going to the big house.
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