June 05, 2002 N.Y. Rep. Gilman Mulls Party Switch WASHINGTON- With his job on the chopping block, the senior Republican in New York's congressional delegation is considering a switch to the Democratic Party. A spokesman for Rep. Benjamin Gilman said Tuesday that State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, broached the idea with the GOP lawmaker during a private meeting in Albany, N.Y., about congressional redistricting. "He told the speaker it was a very interesting offer," Brian Walsh said of Gilman's reaction, declining to elaborate. Silver said he told Gilman on Monday that if the congressman runs as a...