“What has become disturbingly clear is that Governor Paterson has handed over much of New York’s considerable power and enormous budget to the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver,” writes the Times editorial board writes.
“The $131.8 billion budget was drafted in extraordinary secrecy by Gov. David Paterson, Mr. Smith and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver,” writes the Times in a news story.
“It would have been better to have more transparency, but we are trying to dig ourselves out of a hole we didn’t dig,” said Eric Schneiderman.
The New York Post editorial board refers to “De Facto Gov. Shelly Silver.”
“Maybe a little time out would be helpful,” said Silver in discussing how to reach a deal to fund the M.
