This link---"Speaker Sheldon Silver's firm gets cut of 9/11-suit payouts [Circa 2010]"----reaffirms post #2 above.
Silver and W/L need rigorous scrutiny to expose the self-serving hanky-panky.
One of the most disgusting chapters in Silver's nauseating history: Boxley was convicted in 2003 of sexually abusing one of several young legislative interns----no doubt sharing the details of his sexual escapades----how he lured them into his sexual web---w/ Silver getting a vicarious tingle.
Boxley was charged and convicted---coudn't even get an insurance license.
Then Boxley re-emerged as an Albany lobbyist, no less.
Tingles ahead----Silver had his filthy fingers in that deal, without a doubt.