There was no way Silver could ever lose his election. He brings in too much money to his constituents.
I always thought that a video of him murdering somebody in cold blood would come out and his die hard supporters would still claim that it was all manipulated.
This was the only way to get him out of office. I’m not very confident of his successor though.
For years while he was in office it was already known (if not in the courts at least on on the streets) that silver was notoriously corrupt. Yet his constituents kept on re-electing him over and over again. So I never want to hear them complain about corruption in politics. Clearly they dont care and arent in a position to talk.