* With the resignation of Assemblyman Vito Lopez expected today, the scrutiny now shifts to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who faces mounting criticism for his role in approving a confidential settlement with two of Lopez’s sexual harassment accusers, The New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/Z7d89k
Sheldon Silver Not Charles Hynes Dan Donovan Feel Heat from Vito Lopez Sex Corruption
mean while NY, NYC rewards corrupt politicos and Vito Lopez updates....he is still running the show and he could from prison...he knows where the dead bodies buried....
* Lopez could claim as much as $92,000 in public matching funds if he runs for City Council, or he could opt out and use hundreds of thousands of dollars from his state campaign account, the Post’s David Seifman writes:http://bit.ly/17N5aEW
* Assemblyman Vito Lopez told the Post’s Fred Dicker that he will resign from office on Monday morning and may drop his City Council bid if his cancer-related tests this month are not encouraging: http://bit.ly/19ItF2E
* A former colleague said Lopez harassed women when he founded his Brooklyn charity 40 years ago and used the women’s movement to encourage nonprofit workers to sleep around, the News writes: http://nydn.us/17Pgbpk
* The Daily News’ Mike Lupica writes that Sheldon Silver should follow Vito Lopez out of the Assembly chamber:http://nydn.us/13Fo4dE
* Cuomo has decided against calling a special election to fill Lopez’s seat, stripping the Brooklyn Democratic Party, which is filled with Lopez cronies, of the power to unilaterally select a candidate to run, the New York Daily News’ Ken Lovett reports: http://nydn.us/17StPYQ
